On 13 Feb 2005 at 12:19, Wolfgang Uhlig wrote: (...) > "Imagine a small town in Peru with one of these laptops in every home. > They'd automatically talk to each other, > instantly creating a municipal communications network for instant > messages, e-mail, maybe even voice traffic." > > I am sure that is exactly what people in a small town in Peru have been > waiting for.
Especially since they wouldn't have electrical power to run these things. Arnoud had pointed us to something like that a very long time ago. Well ... Negroponte. Yawn. Wolfgang (Sorry Ian, this is not to rubbish the good feeliongs that must be behind all of these idea...) ---------------------------------------- www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
