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2003-11-08 Afghanistan

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2003-11-08 12:32|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 GREETINGS, I AM ASSHAT OMAR, THE BROTHER OF THE LATE MULLAH OMAR. I WRITING TO SEEK YOUR HELP IN TRANSFERRING A BANK ACCOUNT OF MY LATE BROTHER CONSISTING OF 1,574,293,000 AFGHANIS ($1.22 US) OUT OF THE COUNTRY ...

Posted by A Jackson 2003-11-8 1:05:33 PM|| 2003-11-8 1:05:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 One of the (very few) benefits of not having much infrastructure in place is you aren't restricted to legacy systems and can begin installing the most current technology. Given a chance, Afghanistan and Iraq may both have much better wireless and broadcasting systems than the West within 10-15 years.

That's not to say I'm willing to pick up and move there! However, without all kinds of capital tied up in existing systems and companies looking to recoup their earlier investments, they can begin installing the latest and greatest with dollar one.

Posted by Dar 2003-11-8 1:22:39 PM|| 2003-11-8 1:22:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I read a really fascinating article referenced on http://slashdot.org several months ago about how some people in that area of the world (probably not Afghanistan (since this was pre 911)) were using used PC components in homemade wooden cases and running Linux.

Hopefully they will have access to broadband, since Redhat Linux and dsl/cable were made for one another.

Posted by badanov 2003-11-8 2:37:52 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2003-11-8 2:37:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Dar, I wouldn't try to even begin to imagine what the communications infrastructure is going to look like in 10-15 years in the US... look how much it changed in the last 10 years and the change is happeneing an order of magnitude faster now than it was then... I have trouble even imagining 5 years from now...

Posted by Damn_Proud_American 2003-11-8 3:39:10 PM|| 2003-11-8 3:39:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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