[clug-talk] Helping Slave Lake rebuild with FOSS and sustainable IT

2011-05-17 Thread Ralph Pichie
Thousands of people have lost everything in the fire that destroyed much of Slave Lake and forced the population to evacuate. The new library is gone. That means hundreds of school-age children will have no access to computers when they return to the area and families will be without computers and

Re: [clug-talk] Helping Slave Lake rebuild with FOSS and sustainable IT

2011-05-17 Thread kwong
I have quite a few older computers and monitors that have been slated for donation to needy families in Calgary, however I have not been active lately in finding them good homes. I can have a wagon load ready to go - let me know some details and I'll see what we can do for you. They are no

Re: [clug-talk] Oligopoly vs mesh potato type solutions

2011-05-17 Thread Mel Walters
I must say, the more I study their site http://wiki.villagetelco.org , the more I get excited. To turn this into the practical will take some thinking caps. The Mesh Potato is the present day state of the art, and I am anxious to get started tinkering. The price tag for small quantities is $119, t

Re: [clug-talk] Oligopoly vs mesh potato type solutions

2011-05-17 Thread simon
> If you have not done it yet, have a look at their short front page add. > Very succinct (and cool-:). > Village Telco Explainer 1:14 > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S30M_nigtcs&feature=player_embedded Cool video... When you look at the (approximately) $100 price tag, you might have a hard sel

Re: [clug-talk] Oligopoly vs mesh potato type solutions

2011-05-17 Thread Mel Walters
What you are talking about has been done in Australia on Android smartphones: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/researchers-enable-mesh-wifi-networking-for-android-smartphones.ars That site has a demo video of it too. Mel On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 16:12 -0400, si...@mungewell.org wrote: >

Re: [clug-talk] Oligopoly vs mesh potato type solutions

2011-05-17 Thread simon
> What you are talking about has been done in Australia on Android > smartphones: > http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/researchers-enable-mesh-wifi-networking-for-android-smartphones.ars > > That site has a demo video of it too. No kidding on the 'crappy call' quality... Though to be fair

Re: [clug-talk] Helping Slave Lake rebuild with FOSS and sustainable IT

2011-05-17 Thread TekBudda
Hi Ralph, I also have some tech that I could donate to the cause. It is a mixture of computers, parts, monitors & possibly other gear as well. Do you have an idea of what components & such are needed? Let the group know what the needs & such are. I might be able to donate some time as well

Re: [clug-talk] Helping Slave Lake rebuild with FOSS and sustainable IT

2011-05-17 Thread terr
I have several machines which also can be donated. I don't know whats in them - I never tried them. These all come with windows and AFAIK all are properly licenced. On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 09:59:41PM -0600, TekBudda wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > I also have some tech that I could donate to the c