During my late lunch, I was imagining if there is a rural far far away village which just received a set of computer from the central government. It is a part of rural-development program in the country. Ironically, there is no one in the area which has ever seen any computer, not even any electronic device. The first day the computer arrives, all people gather in a big hall (well.., in the city you call it ‘city hall’). Everyone stares at the computer curiously, and only the chief who is able to be near to the computer.. closely watching the trainer from the central government operating the computer, showing what it is capable of..
There is no electricity in the village, so never imagine an internet connection. But by using solar panel, battery, protection system and high-gain antenna, the computer can get access to the internet from a city nearby (well.. it’s not near actually.. it takes hours to reach there). So the chief and all the people start seeing many pictures which is uncommonly seen by them. They can even listen to the music which is broadcasted through the internet, they can watch moving pictures, they hear people speaking with different languages inside the small box which the operator always mentions as a ‘monitor’. Even the operator always tells the chief never to touch the LCD monitor, but the exciting chief always forget about the warning.
Seeing it as a new interesting (or maybe magical) thing, the people just simply love the computer from the first sight. Trying to complete the installation, the operator finally registrates the computer and he asks the chief what the computer’s name should be. He can actually just fill it by himself without asking the chief, but he just tries to be nice with the people. Asked by the question, the chief takes it seriously and stands suddenly facing to his people..
‘my beloved citizen, let’s decide what name should we give to this magical box’. Of course every person mentions many names. Some people even start fighting and forcing everyone around to accept what they’re thinking as a good name. Trying to avoid more fight between his people, he hold a big meeting. In the meeting, he chooses some people which he thinks as a quiet educated people (compared to the other). The chosen people are asked to mention one name each and make a speech in front of all the village members telling why the ’small box’ should have that name. After all the speeches, all the citizens must vote. Every persons must choose one between those names. Some people cheat, unsatisfied people do not vote, and many other things happen just like the election in a country.
Finally they have one name and the chief tells the operator the name. The operator of course regrets his question. He mutters while he was waiting for the speeches and vote. Being tired and being seriously want to go home as soon as possible, the operator wants to finish his task as soon as possible. Being hasty, finally he asks the chief where the computer should be located…
But then he suddenly realizes his mistake.. The chief ask his people this question.. and you can imagine what happens next…
DARN! (the operator mutters)
