Slashdot and the "freedom toaster"

[grantave]

WillSmith writes "South Africa's Mark Shuttleworth Foundation has a solution to getting open source out to places with low broadband : the "freedom toaster". The idea is simple : a bring-and-burn software kiosk."

http://slashdot.org/articles/05/08/02/0324225.shtml?tid=117&tid=1

IMHO, storing heavy use web sites in the United States ain't such a bad idea...

 

[Maskie]

and Freedom toaster site is toast

The freedom toaster site got slashdotted ie it went down due to all the people wanting to see what it was about

marius

 

[Clipse]

freedom toaster rox ;-) I went to canalwalk recently just to find it lol

 

[playkiller no.2]

Where in Canal Walk?

 

[bb_matt]

I think one of the freedom toasters must be serving the website that's just been slashdotted !

er ... looks like it's ... toast ...

Arughghghg

 

[fergus]

MTN Science center. There's also one at Team Science in the waterfront.

That server is probably like a molten ball of lead right now!!

 

[Maskie]

Where in Canal Walk?

Next to the N1 on your way from Bellville to Cape Town

 

[bb_matt]

Hey, do you think it burns toast with the image of Elvis or J3sus on it ?
I'm taking a loaf of bread over there lunchtime tommorrow to find out !

 

[Alkine]

There is one on campus at the university of pretoria.

 

[bb_matt]

What do they look like ?

For some reason, my imagination tells me they resemble a wurlitzer cross soda dispenser - don't ask me why.

I'm fairly sure I'll be dissapointed when I see one

 

[grantave]

The freedom toaster site is back up at

http://edison.tsf.org.za/toaster/

Interesting!

http://edison.tsf.org.za/toaster/?q=node/14

says

"You can find Freedom Toasters in the following locations:

* Bloemfontein
* Durban
* Cape Town
* Grahamstown
* Johannesburg
* Knysna
* Port Elizabeth
* Potchefstroom
* Pretoria
* Stellenbosch

The following locations will soon receive their Freedom Toasters. Watch this space

* Wits Engineering Dept.
* Port Shepstone
* East Gate Shopping Centre
* Walter Sisulu University

Would you like a Freedom Toaster near you? Click here to tell us where. "

Good news for kiosks, generally!