There is an interesting documentary about a famous architect called Rem
Kolhaas, who
(rather controversially) believes that there is much to learn from chaotic
social networks in
a city like Lagos... as opposed to the chinese model of shiny mega-cities.
Pretty interesting stuff
On 8/2/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
in abuja, internet connectivity is generally dreadful and
expensive(its
a strange wind swept
city in the middle of nowhere... lots of dusty modern, empty buildings -
Yeah - but brand new, landscaped roads and such - exclusively populated by
On 8/1/07, Gautam John wrote:
Of course, the kids have figured out how to surf porn on them OLPC's.
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html
Let me tell you what probably happened. A bunch of teachers figured out
this free
laptop thing was really nice. Some of them started
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 08:08:23PM +0530, shiv sastry wrote:
I worry about this.
Not just you.
Last month, my wife and I met the parents of a 6 or 7 year old boy. We have
known the child since he was about 2 and his parents proudly told us that his
new (upmarket, expensive) school has
On 8/1/07, Eugen Leitl wrote:
Since monkeys are the same everywhere your analysis is likely
mistaken.
Of course, i am not discounting that possibility
just that one part of the story was that the school did not have electricity
or water...
so i am guessing the school didnt have an
On 8/1/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL19821905.html
A computer in every pot
Have they solved the problem of the crank-to-charge? And how are they
doing mesh wifi?
Thaths
--
Homer: He has all the money in the world, but there's one thing he
On 8/1/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a good idea if it kills less trees (reduces costs, books are expensive
and heavy). It would be an even greater idea if we had decent educational
software.
Both are big 'ifs'. Textbooks are actually not that expensive in
places like India.
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 09:06:07AM -0700, Thaths wrote:
On 8/1/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It's a good idea if it kills less trees (reduces costs, books are expensive
and heavy). It would be an even greater idea if we had decent educational
software.
Both are big 'ifs'.
ashok _ [01/08/07 18:48 +0300]:
in abuja, internet connectivity is generally dreadful and expensive(its
a strange wind swept
city in the middle of nowhere... lots of dusty modern, empty buildings -
Yeah - but brand new, landscaped roads and such - exclusively populated by
government
