MIT World already does this for many important events at MIT (including, but not limited to, course lectures). Plus, the quality is better than Youtube videos.
This is not necessarily true. Oppressive governments in Africa survive by keeping their populations ignorant, poor, and, therefore, politically weak. Giving Africans access to the internet gives them the freedom to break out of their oppressive situation. The internet gives them access to the sum of human knowledge and allows them to communicate with the rest of the world, which empowers them not only intellectually but also politically.
For this reason, I'd say that aid money invested in the OLPC or the internet has a better long-term effect than money invested elsewhere.
The reason I don't use Camino is that it has no support for Firefox extensions. The answer to the question is to give Camino Firefox's functionality, for extensions and otherwise.
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If this were posted under "Idle," people would be so pissed right now.
... you're on the front page of Slashdot.
By fostering open development for their platform and making it a central part of their strategy, Google may one-up Apple.
MIT World already does this for many important events at MIT (including, but not limited to, course lectures). Plus, the quality is better than Youtube videos.
Ouch. That link was bright.
This is not necessarily true. Oppressive governments in Africa survive by keeping their populations ignorant, poor, and, therefore, politically weak. Giving Africans access to the internet gives them the freedom to break out of their oppressive situation. The internet gives them access to the sum of human knowledge and allows them to communicate with the rest of the world, which empowers them not only intellectually but also politically.
For this reason, I'd say that aid money invested in the OLPC or the internet has a better long-term effect than money invested elsewhere.
The reason I don't use Camino is that it has no support for Firefox extensions. The answer to the question is to give Camino Firefox's functionality, for extensions and otherwise.