As a director of a non-profit that does technology outreach, I can answer the question somewhat. First of all, we don't focus on individuals, either in the US or out of it, but on communities that have no internet access.
What a, as you referred to them, "tribal bugaman" is going to do with HTML? Several things: Communicate with displaced relatives who have had to move due to war, famine, government action, land seizure, etc. Teach their children math, science, reading, computer skills, accounting, administration, and tons of other things that are facilitated by having access to computers. A computer network is actually easier to transfer, and easier to get academic course material with, than textbooks, encyclopedias, etc. in their paper form. Communicate with human rights groups and report on human rights violations by a tyrannical government or by a guerrilla group, and to help them find support. One computer we placed in Port Blair (you may have seen that city in the news recently), was recently used to let friends in other countries know several of the people there were OK, and to help coordinate aid. And yes, if you have internet connectivity, you can use it to learn more about farming techniques, too. In Chiapas, Mexico, where we did our very first project before we were even an official NPO, there are people who've been feeding entire villages with the same plot of land for over 2500 years. They're certainly not going to be learning anything about farming from me, who can't even keep a strawberry patch going from one year to the next. Nor do I know anything about medicine, food distribution, how to drill a well, or a host of the other things that there are groups, connected via the internet, helping with. Tech is what I know, so that's what I use to help. Hope it helps answer your question!
I agree, and I wonder what exactly the motivation is for the press to continue to call him Maher, instead of Mike. Mike is the name he goes by, that he chose TWENTY YEARS AGO when he first moved to the US.
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As a director of a non-profit that does technology outreach, I can answer the question somewhat. First of all, we don't focus on individuals, either in the US or out of it, but on communities that have no internet access.
What a, as you referred to them, "tribal bugaman" is going to do with HTML?
Several things:
Communicate with displaced relatives who have had to move due to war, famine, government action, land seizure, etc.
Teach their children math, science, reading, computer skills, accounting, administration, and tons of other things that are facilitated by having access to computers. A computer network is actually easier to transfer, and easier to get academic course material with, than textbooks, encyclopedias, etc. in their paper form.
Communicate with human rights groups and report on human rights violations by a tyrannical government or by a guerrilla group, and to help them find support.
One computer we placed in Port Blair (you may have seen that city in the news recently), was recently used to let friends in other countries know several of the people there were OK, and to help coordinate aid.
And yes, if you have internet connectivity, you can use it to learn more about farming techniques, too. In Chiapas, Mexico, where we did our very first project before we were even an official NPO, there are people who've been feeding entire villages with the same plot of land for over 2500 years. They're certainly not going to be learning anything about farming from me, who can't even keep a strawberry patch going from one year to the next. Nor do I know anything about medicine, food distribution, how to drill a well, or a host of the other things that there are groups, connected via the internet, helping with. Tech is what I know, so that's what I use to help.
Hope it helps answer your question!
I agree, and I wonder what exactly the motivation is for the press to continue to call him Maher, instead of Mike. Mike is the name he goes by, that he chose TWENTY YEARS AGO when he first moved to the US.
It (tickle-me elmo) might (tickle-me elmo) show (tickle-me elmo) certain (tickle-me elmo) old (tickle-me elmo) toys (tickle-me elmo) are (tickle-me elmo) making (tickle-me elmo) a (tickle-me elmo) major (tickle-me elmo) comeback (tickle-me elmo) when (tickle-me elmo) really (tickle-me elmo) someone (tickle-me elmo) is (tickle-me elmo) cheating.