text_combined: boingboing rssfeedsspamassassintaintorg url httpboingboingnet85481566 date supplied great article group east bay activists rehab junk computers using semiskilled volunteers train semiskilled volunteers resulting computers sent developing world activist use amazonian villages theres electricity phone lines scarce activists plan set free computer labs nearby cities many cities already commercial internet cafes cost dollar per hour use henshawplath says days wage population imc activists plan ship computers guayaquil ecuadors main port city end september none computers sold ecuador theyre transferred american nonprofit ecuadorian one activists wont charged international shipping duties computers call real free trade says eddie nix link1 discuss2 _thanks markoffcharney_ 1 httpwwwsaloncomtechfeature20020923antiglobal_geeksindexhtml 2 httpwwwquicktopiccomboinghgspjzzsbcwc84 tue 24 sep 2002 080038 0000 turning junk computers activist gold