Dr Sugata Mitra put a pc with a high-speed internet connection into a wall, making it freely available to slum children in India without any explanation.
The experiment had some unexpected, and fascinating results.
Archive for the ‘politics’ tag
Does file-sharing hurt the music biz?
It’s fascinating to hear that very little actual research shows any decline in music sales – the only people saying that it does are the music industry themselves and they are hardly to be believed without any question. Ars Technica asks:
Thai Constitution – 404 Not Found
After the September 2006 coup in Thailand their constitution now brings up a 404 Not Found error.
Andrew Sullivan | The Daily Dish: What We’ve Lost
Andrew Sullivan, a US marine compares his experiences of the first Gulf War and how Iraqi prisoners were treated – and expected to be treated – to the situation now. Read on:
US Iran report branded dishonest
BBC News reports that a (leaked) Intelligence report caused a letter of complaint from the IAEA to the House of Representatives in the USA. This reminds me of various other attempts by America to deliberately distort the IAEA’s findings :/
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