Comments on: Technology–>unlikely places http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/784 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:13:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Caitlin http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/784/comment-page-1#comment-2447 Caitlin Wed, 25 May 2005 22:12:54 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/word/archives/784#comment-2447 Wow! This is such a cool thing! And that quote...! I'd never seen that before. Eerie! I know that in india, the internet has really been a tool for helping entrepreneurs (india's full of them!) Cyber cafes are one of the biggest money makers, whether in mumbai or the remote areas of madhya pradesh. I'm so saving this article! Wow! This is such a cool thing! And that quote…! I’d never seen that before. Eerie! I know that in india, the internet has really been a tool for helping entrepreneurs (india’s full of them!) Cyber cafes are one of the biggest money makers, whether in mumbai or the remote areas of madhya pradesh. I’m so saving this article!

]]> By: Allen http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/784/comment-page-1#comment-2446 Allen Wed, 18 May 2005 16:09:32 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/word/archives/784#comment-2446 Shoghi Effendi in 1936: "A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with marvellous swiftness and perfect regularity." "The Unfoldment of World Civilization" in The World Order of Baha'u'llah Shoghi Effendi in 1936:

“A mechanism of world inter-communication will be devised, embracing the whole planet, freed from national hindrances and restrictions, and functioning with marvellous swiftness and perfect regularity.”

“The Unfoldment of World Civilization”
in The World Order of Baha’u'llah

]]> By: allen http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/784/comment-page-1#comment-2445 allen Wed, 18 May 2005 15:58:35 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/word/archives/784#comment-2445 just as kids can learn a language by themselves without trying, kids in developing villages can learn how to use computers naturally - so there's this guy, he drops off a computer, brand new, in the box, in the middle of a village, and walks away - then observes for days as kids figure out what they can do with it. At first, they don't even know what the wires are for, or if the box itself does something - but by the end, they're online! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4498511.stm just as kids can learn a language by themselves without trying, kids in developing villages can learn how to use computers naturally – so there’s this guy, he drops off a computer, brand new, in the box, in the middle of a village, and walks away – then observes for days as kids figure out what they can do with it. At first, they don’t even know what the wires are for, or if the box itself does something – but by the end, they’re online!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4498511.stm

]]> By: george http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/blog/archives/784/comment-page-1#comment-2444 george Wed, 18 May 2005 06:14:00 +0000 http://sholeh.calmstorm.net/word/archives/784#comment-2444 Wow, Sholeh, thanks for the news! How refreshing to know that the internet can actually help improve the lives of the majority of the world's population: the poor. Wow, Sholeh, thanks for the news! How refreshing to know that the internet can actually help improve the lives of the majority of the world’s population: the poor.

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