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Kiloshellooo africa06:19
Kiloshi philipballew:06:26
Kiloshows the FB thing doing06:26
philipballewKilos, Alright. i have approved about three people each day so far08:05
Kiloswonderful ty08:05
Kilosso at least it is growing08:05
philipballewKilos, I was thinking of practical things to start doing there, and i thought about simple videos people can make to post.08:06
Kilosvideos kill dsata for peps that use 3g connections08:06
Kilospeeps08:06
philipballewKilos, what about wifi inside the house?08:06
philipballew3g is for cell phones?08:07
Kilosmobile data is expensive here08:07
Kilosno wifi in rural areas08:07
philipballewKilos, Are you in a rural area?08:07
Kilosyes im about 20 ks out of town08:08
philipballewhere in the states people are on dial up in rural areas or pay a lot of money for satellite internet.08:08
Kilosfarms and small holding areas all have to use 3g modems08:08
philipballewwhat town do you live outside of?08:09
Kilosall cables for adsl got stolen so often they stopped replacing them08:09
Kilospretoria08:09
Kilossatelite is totally out of reach to most of us08:09
philipballewKilos, interesting. I need to visit South Africa and see for myself.08:10
Kiloslol08:10
philipballewthat would require time and money, and I have neither currently...08:11
Kilosthere used to be landlines to all farms but not anymore08:11
philipballewpor que?08:11
philipballewsorry.08:11
philipballewWhy?08:11
Kilosnp we manage if we work thriftily on 3g08:11
Kiloscopper theft08:12
Kilos3 ks of cables stolen in a night08:12
philipballewsometimes I have a problem switching back and fourth between spanish and english in my mind08:12
philipballewKilos, for the money?08:12
Kiloslol08:12
philipballewthey sell the metal right?08:12
Kilosyes copper is big money for thieves08:13
philipballewKilos, the same is rue here on a smaller scale.08:13
philipballewtrue08:13
Kilosthey even steal power cables08:13
philipballewthats low class of them08:13
Kilosso now our power peeps are using aluminium cables08:13
Kilosyes very poor show08:14
philipballewpeople dont realize it hurts them in the long run to destroy infrastructure.08:14
philipballewwell the might realize, but it is a fix that makes the situation worse.08:15
Kilosthey live for today only and move to other thieving projects when blocked08:15
philipballewlike cutting down forests to create farm land. or drilling deep into the ground for oil.08:16
Kilosyeah08:16
philipballewthose are the problems in the americas currently08:17
Kilosmakes life easier for me knowing you are looking after facebook for us ty philipballew:08:21
philipballewKilos, Yes. I think its good because I am awake at an hour you guys are not so in case someone posts inappropriate things, or ride things, I can remove them.08:22
Kiloscool08:23
philipballewSoon I am gonna try to posts some cool articles in the hopes of getting quality discussion going08:23
Kilospeople in africa are so busy making a living that time for other things is very scarce08:24
Kilosmainly we need to spread the word that ubuntu and all linux in africa is being revived and we are trying to grow08:25
philipballewKilos, I will try to do what I can here from my end.08:30
Kilosty philipballew:08:30
Kilosso where are the french speaking peeps when i need them14:33
melodiehi15:17
melodieKilos are you around?15:17
Kiloshi melodie: i need you girl15:17
Kiloshttp://slexy.org/view/s2sDq9wgQy15:18
melodieI am in an install party, is what you need fast, or hurrying?15:18
Kilosneed that in french too please15:18
Kilostomorrow is fine ty15:18
melodiecan you send a mail with what you need?15:18
Kilosyes will do that ty15:19
melodiewelcome!15:19
melodieI have a lady near me who lived many years in Nigeria15:19
melodieI am showing her the chans (your's especially)15:19
Kiloslovely ty15:19
Kilosi dunno where i saved your email address15:20
* Kilos cries15:20
melodiemeets@gmx.fr15:20
melodieplease don't cry!15:20
Kilosty my lady15:20
melodiewelcome15:24
melodiehave to go, see you15:27

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