[extropy-chat] Help send a laptop to Kenya

[Joseph Bloch]

Absolutely.

You call Dell and get the 1,000 free laptops, and I'll call DHL and get 
them shipped for free.

Keep me posted.

Joseph

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kevinfreels.com wrote:

>There has to be a better way to do this. You would think that an arrangement
>could be made with a shipper who could ship say 1000 laptops for free and
>use the event as a promotion.
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>From: "Joseph Bloch" <jbloch at humanenhancement.com>
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>>The Kenyan Transhumanist Association is about to open up a "Knowledge
>>House", and they have put out a call for laptops to be donated to the
>>cause. The Knowledge House will help spread science education and
>>Transhumanist memes in Kenya.
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>>I have a laptop I'm willing to send over to benefit the cause, but
>>unfortunately the shipping costs are simply beyond my means right now.
>>It takes a minimum of $148 to ship it there.
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>>That's where you come in.
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>>I am selling my copy of Carl Sagan's excellent television series
>>"Cosmos" on eBay right now. It's a VHS copy of the entire series, in a
>>nice box set. There's a little wear on two of the box's corners, but
>>other than that the tapes are in great shape.
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>>I'm selling it with the hope that I can offset the cost of shipping the
>>laptop to the KTA. I've listed a "buy it now" price that will exactly
>>cover the price of shipping, but if the bidding gets higher (and I hope
>>it does, for their sake), I'll just send any excess along as a gift.
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>>Yes, you can definitely buy Cosmos for less money. This is entirely a
>>gimmick to raise funds to send a badly-needed laptop computer to some
>>fellow Transhumanists in a place where both the technology and
>>Transhumanist ideas are badly needed. Your money will be directly
>>helping them.
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>>If you're interested in helping, please check out:
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6386560097&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
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>>Thanks, all.
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>>Joseph
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>>New Jersey Transhumanist Association: http://www.goldenfuture.net/njta
>>PostHumanity Rising: http://transhumanist.blogspot.com/ (updated 4/9/05)
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