[p2p-research] tale of a stolen computer

[Paul B. Hartzog]

good plan, i think

On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 5:35 PM, marc fawzi <marc.fawzi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dell has decent laptops (with builtin webcam, large screen, etc) for just
> under $500.
>
> If there are ten of us here able to donate $50 each .... that would do it.
>
> You know what's missing in all those online payment systems that's a great
> opportunity for a new startup is a way for multiple people to contribute to
> the price of a purchase, securely, such that the order is not done (and all
> funds refundable after a certain period of time where the order is held
> waiting for full funds) until the full price is paid for, by however number
> of contributors.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 2:31 PM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> thats terrible Michel
>> really devastating to lose the laptop
>> lets think
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear friends,
>>>
>>> My computer has been stolen in my bangkok room ..
>>>
>>> As you can imagine, with my limited means, this is a serious blow in
>>> terms of finances, but also of course, the loss of 3  years of work,
>>> especially the updates to my manuscript. However, everything else has been
>>> sent out and published, so that limits the fallout in terms of lost content.
>>>
>>> If any of you has a rich uncle or a well-working second-hand computer to
>>> spare, it would be of great help. Keeping my productivity up might be an
>>> issue in the coming weeks as I see no short-term possiblity to buy a new
>>> one.
>>>
>>> I do have a, not very well working, office computer, and of course,
>>> plenty of cheap cybercafes, so whatever happens, I will continue to produce
>>> essential material for the p2p foundation,
>>>
>>> Michel
>>>
>>> --
>>> Working at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhurakij_Pundit_University -
>>> http://www.dpu.ac.th/dpuic/info/Research.html -
>>> http://www.asianforesightinstitute.org/index.php/eng/The-AFI
>>>
>>> Volunteering at the P2P Foundation:
>>> http://p2pfoundation.net  - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net -
>>> http://p2pfoundation.ning.com
>>>
>>> Monitor updates at http://del.icio.us/mbauwens
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>> Paola Di Maio,
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>
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>
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