Yeah -- it appears they think they can just talk the
talk, without realizing they also have to walk the
walk.
Maybe somebody will explain it to them...
SW
--- Jeff Mowatt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, Slowly involved perhaps. Here I sit in in
the heart of that Empire trying to make
I am no big fan of The Commonwealth (formerly known as
the British Empire) but they do appear at least to be
alert to the issues which make up the Digital Divide:
From their website, at
http://www.thecommonwealth.org/news/152856/commonwealth_launches_initiative_to_bridge_the_dig.htm
Fascinating, if true -- will that include Block
Island?? (I have a vested interest, obviously...)
SW
--- Phil Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
hi everyone -
it looks like rhode island is going to be the
first state to have
border to border wireless internet.
Another very useful and interesting story reported by
the BBC (One of heir editors must have awakened to the
issue recently.)
Check it out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4498511.stm
Steve
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Taran, et al:
When in doubt, check the website... :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4496901.stm
is from 29 April, also (from 26 April)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4483065.stm
and (from 02 April)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4401175.stm
But yes, they do see to
Claude:
Re the comment about intellectual property theft
(which is what is meant when talking about a
professor's lectures being available on the Internet:
I am no expert (my teenage son might be, but not
moi...) but I don't think it's possible to record
speech directly onto an iPod, is it? I
Thanks for sharing, Taran, that is fascinating, and
exciting.
I would see this as a probably logical next step in
the evolution of communication, following list-serves,
podcasting, etc.
I wonder what impact this could have on the next
electoral cycle (or maybe the one-after-next,
depending on
