[Noisebridge-discuss] Want to wire the middle east?

[Shannon Lee]

Somewhere out there is a nice, elderly Nigerian widow who can't figure out
why nobody will help her give away her money no matter how much she offers
them.

--S

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:32 PM, Michael Shiloh
<michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com>wrote:

> first comment:
>
> "For some reason all the Nigerian hackers just laughed the offer away
> when it showed up in their inboxes."
>
> ROTFL
>
>
> Al Billings wrote:
> >  From Boing Boing today (
> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/0UV7rlJBCmU/state-dept-offers-25.html<http://feedproxy.google.com/%7Er/boingboing/iBag/%7E3/0UV7rlJBCmU/state-dept-offers-25.html>
> > ):
> >
> > Henry Farrell sez:
> > The US Department of State wants hackers to help build civil society
> > in the Middle East and Africa. They're offering up to $2.5 million in
> > grants for pilot projects that use wikis, blogs and social networking
> > platforms to connect and educate young people and improve civic
> > participation.
> > .
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Shannon Lee
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