Don't tempt me! > >should we get Zane to bring his ihug dish? > > And power it with what?
One of the last IEEE Spectrum reported on a no-budget project to give internet connection to a remote village in Laos. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/6/27552/01228008.pdf?isNumber=27552&arnumber=1228008&prod=JNL&arSt=+40&ared=+45&arAuthor=+Applewhite%2C+A. (Sorry it's members only, and the IEEE always need 3 months to put the abstract up after putting the paper online, haha.) They decided that solar panels weren't such a good choice in those particular conditions, but found the village children more than willing to ride the treadmill, eh bicycle. > I've carried a car-battery tramping before (for the stereo, if you must > know), Yeah I remember that - man that was a fun trip! Ball gowns, booze, ... > There are no handy waterfalls around (and I have no generator), The river's flow volume and speed would easily drive a turbine. > couldn't the hot pools used for some kind of steam engine? They're called *steam* engine because they don't go on 40�C water. You'd need >>100�C steam, which in theory could be obtained by way of a heat pump. What all this has to do with Linux? It runs on that specially-made hardware in Laos. :) Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
