Comments for Bristol Wireless News http://www.bristolwireless.net/news Bristol Wireless is a volunteer-run co-operative committed to social improvement through community wireless networking; we\'re in your aerial. Sat, 17 May 2008 07:06:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Digital inclusion - reaching the unreachable… by woodsy http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=378#comment-69012 woodsy Thu, 15 May 2008 09:23:07 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=378#comment-69012 Rich mentions some attendees' implied thoughts that the 'Great Firewall of China' is a good thing and as a consequence those with more liberal views on access to information should be afraid. It may be of interest to point out that 85% of Chinese think internet censorship is a good idea too (<a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_China_Internet_2008.pdf" rel="nofollow">PDF report here</a>). Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas... Rich mentions some attendees’ implied thoughts that the ‘Great Firewall of China’ is a good thing and as a consequence those with more liberal views on access to information should be afraid. It may be of interest to point out that 85% of Chinese think internet censorship is a good idea too (PDF report here). Talk about turkeys voting for Christmas…

]]> Comment on Digital inclusion - reaching the unreachable… by woodsy http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=378#comment-68484 woodsy Mon, 12 May 2008 15:10:53 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=378#comment-68484 I'm amazed at the cost of this event - £295 + VAT per delegate, a total of over £346 just to warm a seat for the day. For that amount of money Bristol Wireless could have reduced the digital divide by 7 people. Central government throws thousands on expensive conferences to waffle about 'digital inclusion' and how it can implement it from the top down, whilst Bristol Wireless spends the equivalent of pennies working from the bottom up <i>and</i> gets better value for its money. I’m amazed at the cost of this event - £295 + VAT per delegate, a total of over £346 just to warm a seat for the day. For that amount of money Bristol Wireless could have reduced the digital divide by 7 people. Central government throws thousands on expensive conferences to waffle about ‘digital inclusion’ and how it can implement it from the top down, whilst Bristol Wireless spends the equivalent of pennies working from the bottom up and gets better value for its money.

]]> Comment on Embedded Linux masterclass in Bristol by UNIX Coding School » Blog Archive » unix news [2008-04-15 10:30:06] http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=373#comment-64745 UNIX Coding School » Blog Archive » unix news [2008-04-15 10:30:06] Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:41:08 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=373#comment-64745 [...] Embedded Linux masterclass in Bristol By woodsy Some knowledge of operating systems and Unix or Linux commands will be helpful, but not essential. The course presents embedded concepts applied to Linux, using an ARM development board as the target (ConnectCore Wi-9C Digi JumpStart … Bristol Wireless News - http://www.bristolwireless.net/news [...] [...] Embedded Linux masterclass in Bristol By woodsy Some knowledge of operating systems and Unix or Linux commands will be helpful, but not essential. The course presents embedded concepts applied to Linux, using an ARM development board as the target (ConnectCore Wi-9C Digi JumpStart … Bristol Wireless News - http://www.bristolwireless.net/news [...]

]]> Comment on Dove St update by woodsy http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=368#comment-63727 woodsy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:45:38 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=368#comment-63727 Good news Sam. I too enjoy using Skype; it's great to talk for free (as long as they've signed up to Skype too!) to family members around the world. Good news Sam. I too enjoy using Skype; it’s great to talk for free (as long as they’ve signed up to Skype too!) to family members around the world.

]]> Comment on Still following the white rabbit by woodsy http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=356#comment-62707 woodsy Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:39:55 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=356#comment-62707 p: Many thanks for setting me right ;-) p:

Many thanks for setting me right ;-)

]]> Comment on Still following the white rabbit by p. http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=356#comment-62527 p. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:07:10 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=356#comment-62527 so you most likely ran into the <a href="http://blinkenarea.org/" rel="nofollow">BlinkenArea</a>-Folks ... not Blinkenlights ? so you most likely ran into the BlinkenArea-Folks … not Blinkenlights ?

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]]> Comment on Women who do tech talk it too by woodsy http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-61981 woodsy Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:26:31 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-61981 Rocket I pondered on a comma for the title for a long time: they're not as troublesome as full-stops, which roll off the page and disappear under the furniture... ;-) Rocket

I pondered on a comma for the title for a long time: they’re not as troublesome as full-stops, which roll off the page and disappear under the furniture… ;-)

]]> Comment on Women who do tech talk it too by rocket http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-61921 rocket Wed, 19 Mar 2008 23:17:06 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-61921 Woodsy, Thanx for this one, will be having a good look at the site. btw/ I think a comma fell off the page somewhere....took a while to read that headline! Woodsy,

Thanx for this one, will be having a good look at the site.

btw/ I think a comma fell off the page somewhere….took a while to read that headline!

]]> Comment on Women who do tech talk it too by Laura Whitehead http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-60522 Laura Whitehead Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:05:26 +0000 http://www.bristolwireless.net/news/?p=351#comment-60522 Hi all at BW, will try to do some of the sessions at Women who Tech (especially the Open Source ones) will let you know, if I do and how it all goes! Keep up the good work! Laura Hi all at BW, will try to do some of the sessions at Women who Tech (especially the Open Source ones) will let you know, if I do and how it all goes! Keep up the good work!
Laura

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