[Foundation-l] One Wikipedia Per Person (regarding the distribution of and the ability to read Wikipedia)

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/5/31 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Who has cable TV that can't get internet access?
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> I didn't say *cable* TV.

What kind of TV do you have that can go two ways, then? The only types
I know are cable, satellite and regular radio waves, only the first of
which allows 2-way transmission.

>> You mentioned TV in
>> the context of a way of getting information to people without internet
>> access, so I ignored the existence of cable since it doesn't apply.
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> Here's the context that I mentioned TV in: "for people permanently without
> access to the Internet (who presumably also are without access to television
> - otherwise why not beam Wikipedia through whatever network carries the
> television signal?)"
>
> That pretty much anyone with TV can get at least one-way Internet access was
> precisely my point.  (Two-way Internet is a bit more expensive for people
> who have to rely on satellite or long distance OTA for television, though.)

There is no such thing as "one-way internet access". The internet is
always 2-way. You aren't making any sense.