<br>Wow, if my disabling brings this many responses, it worked!<br> I think my response went to Edward only:<br><br> I think the tech part and content part need to be separated. <br> Until each part knows what they are talking about at least. <br>
In each third world country, for the people we want to help,<br> I think there are distinct cultural and political issues that we need<br> to learn and tackle. We are talking about no water, no sewage,<br> no food here. Sometimes political turmoil is more than natural<br>
famine they have to overcome. We cannot just sit here playing with<br> python codes and contend with connecting a few instruments to<br> a feeble laptop. There are organizations like Physicians for<br> Peace, Doctors without Borders, etc. (yes Peace Corps.)<br>
that have exclusive knowledge about how to, and with what, help them.<br> <br> Javier, thank you, we need more like you to enlighten us.<br> I myself was a techi for 20 years and quit the comfortable job<br> because of the very reason, "disconnect" with people, that technology<br>
brings. I decided to do nursing to do hands-on help. Yes, I know<br> WorldVista for medial record system and knows the limit there<br> too. It will be at least 10 years for down-the-road community clinic<br> would take that and use it. Tech people just don't get what<br>
is involved in dealing with people's lives and deaths. This is<br> time and resource issue.<br><br> By 'clinical', I meant thinking about what causes them to be <br> sick from the beginning (primary prevention). It can be a cultural habit <br>
that brings them unsanitary environment, for which no medical <br> information can change. Some cultures see disease as punishment <br> from god or demon, they will not even think about applying what we<br> bring to them. I am a student member of Physicians for Peace.<br>
I might talk to some people in the organization but I don't have<br>
time until I graduate in August. And now I have a paper to finish<br> before midnight!<br><br> Edward, I don't know why Koreans are crazy about XO. I think<br> there are way too many geeks there. Have you heard a guy actually<br>
died playing internet game without stopping? I myself am a geek enough <br> to spend $400 and install/update versions on my XO, almost<br> crashing it but rescuing it with thumb usb disk version of Sugar. <br> I want to be a human now. We need more people on the list who deal <br>
with human, such as doctors, nurses, teachers, etc. I don't want to<br> contaminate the third world with the vice of technology.<br>
<br> Jae.<br>