Re: [DDN] Technology Blackout Day

2005-03-31 Thread BBracey
In a message dated 3/28/05 9:06:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: There are people in Africa that do not have running water or flush toilets. There are native Americans and poor people in rural areas that do not have running water or flush toilets in America. Did i mention no phones

[DDN] T4T Sponsors PC Recycling Day

2005-03-31 Thread Williams, Sabra
On Saturday, April 16th, Teaming for Technology (T4T), an initiative of United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania, will sponsor a PC Recycling Day at Montgomery County Senior Adult Activities Center in Norristown from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Only the following items will be accepted: monitors,

[DDN] Some Sources Regarding Financial Literacy Issues

2005-03-31 Thread David P. Dillard
This post may be of interest to some of the members of the Digital Divide Network. From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu Mar 31, 2005 2:11 am Subject: EDUCATION: DAILY SKILLS OF LIVING AND SOCIAL SKILLS : FINANCE: PERSONAL: RESOURCES: Some Sources Regarding Financial Literacy

Re: [DDN] Seeking ideas, resources for new DDN community: Financial Literacy Online

2005-03-31 Thread Bob Hirshon
Hi, Cedar: EconEdLink is a site devoted to economics lessons for students ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. There's a lot of cool stuff in there, including an activity that asks Are baseball players paid too much? The website is at: http://www.econedlink.org/ Bob Hirshon Kinetic City

Re: [DDN] Technology Blackout Day

2005-03-31 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
Hello Bonnie, Good for you! ... I am not saying that I should think less about the situation in Africa. Since telecommunications is such powerful tool, perhaps we should use more of TV (that's why most people would receive their news and images of the rest of the world) to broadcast NOT ALL

RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer

2005-03-31 Thread Alfred Bork
I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open source software (including operating systems) are great. Alfred Bork -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond -Info Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 3:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];

[DDN] COUNTRIES: CANADA : RADIO: HISTORY: The History of Community and University Radio in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

2005-03-31 Thread David P. Dillard
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:53:39 -0500 (EST) From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Net-Gold [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple Gold Discussion Group [EMAIL PROTECTED], Temple University Net-Gold Archive [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], Net-Gold [EMAIL

RE: FW: [DDN] Simputer

2005-03-31 Thread Jesse N. Sinaiko
Alfred wrote: I agree, Raymond. The potential dangers of widespread open source software (including operating systems) are great. Raymond wrote: If Microsoft has such a problem with people hacking into the loopholes of their closed source code, what type of malicious viruses will we begin seeing

Re: FW: [DDN] Simputer

2005-03-31 Thread Jon maddog Hall
Jesse, I will add still more anecdotal evidence to this discussion: Apache is the most used webserver in the world. It is a Free and Open Source package, and sits at the gateway to most server systems. If Free and Open Source is by its very nature hackable, why haven't more disasters occurred