Comments on: Bill Gates doesn’t get it http://www.happyassassin.net/2006/03/16/bill-gate-doesnt-get-it/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ffraley http://www.happyassassin.net/2006/03/16/bill-gate-doesnt-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-78 ffraley Thu, 30 Mar 2006 23:09:12 +0000 http://www.happyassassin.net/2006/03/16/bill-gate-doesnt-get-it/#comment-78 Check out the networking methods. IIRC, some sort of machine to machine wireless relaying, eventually it gets to one in range of the server at the school. All resources on communicating machines shared. The term I heard used was a "mesh" instead of the network technologies we are familiar with. The storage is composed of the contents of all the machines in the mesh. If it works it could be robust beyond imagination. There could be some privacy issues. Privacy in many of the target societies is granted and respected instinctively with the living conditions, though. I have a hand cranked radio with flashlight and siren that also charges my cell phone ;-> From my experience I suspect the charging method will not be an issue. B(se)G was being disingenuous in trying to fix an image of typing with one hand and cranking with the other. Fred Check out the networking methods. IIRC, some sort of machine to machine wireless relaying, eventually it gets to one in range of the server at the school. All resources on communicating machines shared. The term I heard used was a “mesh” instead of the network technologies we are familiar with. The storage is composed of the contents of all the machines in the mesh. If it works it could be robust beyond imagination. There could be some privacy issues. Privacy in many of the target societies is granted and respected instinctively with the living conditions, though.

I have a hand cranked radio with flashlight and siren that also charges my cell phone ;-> From my experience I suspect the charging method will not be an issue. B(se)G was being disingenuous in trying to fix an image of typing with one hand and cranking with the other.

Fred

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