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Possible opportunity for school recruitment
One wonders if they could be persuaded, in return for a donation of
money or time, to include some cypherpunks-related web pages; these could
include ones on PGP and on anonymous remailers, so they could later get email &
ftp access and use these.
-Allen
> Centura
> CYBERED BIG RIG TRUCKS INTERNET ACCESS TO SCHOOLS
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> Copyright © 1996 Los Angeles Daily News
> LOS ANGELES (Aug 17, 1996 00:00 a.m. EDT) -- Like some futuristic,
> hi-tech bookmobile, "Ed" came calling on Charles Maclay Middle School
> in suburban Los Angeles.
[...]
> The privately funded CyberEd program is designed to provide hands-on
> Internet experience and advanced, on-line communications training.
> "Ed" -- a veritable cyber classroom on wheels, offers personal
> computers, Internet connectivity and CD-ROMS, as well as presentation
> facilities, printing, faxing and video conferencing capabilities.
[...]
> Inside the yellow-and-black big rig in the Pacoima section of Los
> Angeles, children and teachers alike tried their hand at surfing the
> Net, pointing and clicking and generally immersing themselves in
> everything from home pages of fellow students to cyberchats with
> astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> headquarters in Houston.
[...]
> Plank said a $3 million fund-raising campaign was under way to
> bankroll a fleet of rigs modeled after "Ed," each with a different
> technological focus -- manufacturing, media, biotechnical and other
> disciplines.
> CyberEd is funded by the MCI Foundation, the William G. McGowan
> Charitable Fund, DSC Communications Corp., Milken Family Foundation,
> Corning Incorporated and Microsoft.
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