Re: ANYBODY HOME?

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From: Robert Komives
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 18:39

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In article <9918@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> paulh@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>In <Aug20.192541.55546@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> komives@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Robert Komives) writes:
>
>>Let me pose a hypothesis, that just came to me two minutes ago. The portable
>>personal computer will be the most important computer export from the first
>>to third world. Why, not becauase they are portable but because they do not
>>need a reliable plug-in electrical supply. This makes the deomocratization of
>>computer capabilities much more feasible.
>
>Right.  Let's all fight for portable computers in the home of every third
>world family.  Stuff clean water, health, eduacation, peace and justice.

I let you fight for that. I would rather do something useful like work on clean water, health, education, peace and justice, and civil discussion. Reread the
post and you will see that you did not get the point.

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