--- Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 19:11 -0700, Antonio Olivares > wrote: > > Google is at it again with a new service called > > TiSP, a free wireless internet system. The catch, > you > > can read and find out. Just install the google > > toolbar and other things. Find out more, > > > > http://www.google.com/tisp/ > > You're a day late, as far as us Aussies are > concerned, it's the 2nd of > April, here. ;-) I always preferred the gags that > sounded plausible, > and you had to get much further into them before you > worked out that > they were a gag. That one gets outrageously stupid > far too quickly. > > -- > (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case > that's > important to the thread.) > > Don't send private replies to my address, the > mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > > > > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Tim, You were right. It went by me. I really thought that it was serious. I tried getting the kit for a friend, but I could not send the information. Carefully reading and checking on the internet, confirmed your suspicions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google's_hoaxes 2007: Google TiSP Google TiSP logoGoogle TiSP was a fictitious free broadband service supposedly released by Google. This service would make use of a standard toilet and sewage lines to provide free Internet connectivity at a speed of 8 Mbps (or up to 32 Mbps with a paid plan). A user drops a weighted end of a long, Google-supplied fiber-optic cable in their toilet and flushes it. Around 60 minutes later, the end would be recovered and connected to the Internet by a "Plumbing Hardware Dispatcher (PHD)." The user then connects their end to a Google-supplied wireless router and run the Google-supplied installation media on a Windows XP or Vista computer ("Mac and Linux support coming soon"). Alternatively, a user could request a professional installation, where Google would deploy nanobots through the plumbing to complete the process. The free service would be supported by "discreet DNA sequencing" of "personal bodily output" to display online ads that relate to culinary preferences and personal health. Please forgive me for sending this crap to the list. Thanks, Antonio ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get your own web address. Have a HUGE year through Yahoo! Small Business. http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/domains/?p=BESTDEAL
