Monthly Archives: August 2013
Tips and Tricks on surviving Bandwidth Hell
Tips and Tricks on surviving Bandwidth Hell I use an Orange 3G connection here in Gaborone Botswana, paying $20/month on a prepaid basis (no contract) for 800GB with no voice airtime included. It is not the greatest connection and often … Continue reading
Fracking � a private profit with a concommitant public loss � a solution
Fracking � a private profit with a concommitant public loss � a solution Fracking is actually something of great interest � relatively clean energy which seems to be available in large or moderate quantities in western countries (which are often … Continue reading
Microdownloads � the future of downloading anything over 10 MB for the Third World
Microdownloads � the future of downloading anything over 10 MB for the Third World Downloading even a video of 700MB is a tricky job from any third world destination. Imagine trying to download project gutenberg or Wikipedia for Schools � … Continue reading
Free and instant web database systems utilizing web-mail accounts
Free and instant web database systems utilizing web-mail accounts The creation and use of web database and other interactive web systems has great potential for the Third World, especially as MNPs (mobile network providers) reduce the cost and difficulty of … Continue reading
Solutions to facilitate rapid searching of massive offline content, integrating also online and paper-based content
Solutions to facilitate rapid searching of massive offline content, integrating also online and paper-based content Local desktop offline searching of cd3wd is now obviously becoming difficult and integrating offline and online content for searching is also problematic. There are one … Continue reading
International remittances – ways to reduce cost
International Money Transfers / Remittances � some ideas on how to reduce the cost 1. Use mobile phone airtime as a currency across international boundaries 2. Use peer-to-peer money transfer How would or could the above work? Use mobile phone … Continue reading
Mugabes rigged 2013 election vindicates the fraud proof voting system
Mugabe’s Rigged 2013 Election vindicates the Fraud-Proof Voting System Q. Has Mugabe indeed rigged the 31 July 2013 Zimbabwean General Election? A. The answer is a resounding Yes with a 99.999% probability. But proving the scale of the rigging will … Continue reading
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