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And didn't I hear someone accusing us journos of having just a 24-hour vision of the world! To be more honest, this mix-up happened because of some copying on my hard-disk ;-) Funny how fast time flies. FN PS: To take advantage of the opportunity, let me re-introduce Shiv Kumaar, he was the Goa correspondent for Indian Express. Now covers Mumbai for Indo-Asian News Service. One of the nice guys we had as a journo in Goa... On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Shiv Kumaar wrote: > hi rico, > > here's a two-yr old msg u replied to!!! > sk > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Frederick Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Shiv Kumar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: February 25, 2003 2:28 AM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] can we recycle these phones? > > > > Shiv, Perhaps the real solution would be to consume less, waste less, and > avoid 'planned > > obsolence' in a way that is less wasteful of the planet's resources. In > the case of computers, > > was shocked to learn that there are some 350 million junked computers > worldwide. To a large > > extent, the 'bloatware' nature of modern software has resulted in > computers being made > > redundant before their time.... FN > > > > On Thu, Aug 02, 2001 at 12:59:54AM +0530, Shiv Kumar wrote: > > > Just a thought. If we can recycle used computers discarded by US > companies > > > and install them in Goa's schools, why can't we do the same with these > > > phones when they are discarded? For instance these phones can be used to > > > empower poor women like its being done in Bangladesh. > > > > > > shiv kumar _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.goanet.org/mailman/listinfo/goanet
