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The Collective Voice of the Internet

Posted by michael on from the sorta-like-homer-simpson dept.

nycheetah submits a story about the collective voice of the internet. There's also a Bell Labs webpage with some more technical information about the project.

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  1. Pr0n ... by KecCu · · Score: 1, Funny
    Countless others are with you when you browse the web, some reading the same words at the same time, and yet you have no way of sensing their presence.

    One particular, very succesful internet-industry will surely like the opportunity :-)

  2. It's Inaccurate. by cioxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    There was no moaning in the background. The collective voice of the internet would have lots and lots of lustful outcries. Afterall, the majority of the internet is populated with porn.

    1. Re:It's Inaccurate. by tanveer1979 · · Score: 3, Funny
      Nope its not inaccurate. Actually all the moans cancel out. This has actually proved that number of moanings is even. This is kind of logical becoz normally there are 2 people moaning ;-).....

      On further research I found out that since right now the server is pounded by slashdot, the sounds are slowly approaching cries of help....

      Better keep listning, soon you will hear the dying gasp too ;-)
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    2. Re:It's Inaccurate. by g4dget · · Score: 3, Funny

      Given the quality of porn on the Internet, it's perhaps not surprising that there isn't much moaning.

  3. What the collective voice says ? by Gyan · · Score: 3, Funny


    More p0rn !

  4. Upon hearing the collective voice of AOL, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...we suddenly realized it just said "Duh!?" over and over again ;-)

  5. Hrmm by acehole · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well that's all and good, but I really would like to meet the 'internet' on the street. Could you imagine what sort of person it would be?

    I'd be expecting a cross dressing mental patient complete with tinfoil hat dribbling nonsense at a mind boggling rate only allowing you to catch a few words here and there like "faked moon landing", "brittney spears nude", "you camping fag!" and "you're transmitting an IP address!".

    Of course I wouldnt have to give it any money, It would have already taken my credit card numbers for it's own penis enlargement addiction.

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  6. Bell's page appears Slashdotted, already?! by tgrotvedt · · Score: 5, Funny
    It looks like Bell's servers have gone down after only a couple of minutes!

    WARNING: The collective voice of Bell's admins will not be suitable for young children.

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  7. Shhhh.... by plaxion · · Score: 4, Funny

    Keep it down out there! Someone could be viewing this from a library.

  8. Re:Countless others... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, it's easy to sense presences on the 'net.

    Just go to random slights. If the site your visiting starts getting slow, then finally just stops, check Slashdot.org.

    Whenever there's a great disturbance in the Latency, no doubt that the evil Slashdot Empire is behind it.

  9. No way of sensing? by MoreDruid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Countless others are with you when you browse the web, some reading the same words at the same time, and yet you have no way of sensing their presence.
    How about the /. effect? Seems one way to sense the presence of a lot of people.

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  10. Re:Asking to be slashdotted? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're not missing much. The artists have essentially invented a wind-chime which assumes that everyone on the internet is a british male.

  11. Wrong - {Re:It's Inaccurate.} by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually all the moans cancel out. This has actually proved that number of moanings is even.

    This is the kind of statistics that leads to conclusions like "the average human being has approximately one breast and one testicle".

  12. Re:Probably by Mathness · · Score: 2, Funny

    at least until PopUp blocking browsers like Mozilla/Galeon get mainstream

    The rest will just keep clicking and clicking and clicking...

    Wait a minut, does that means popups are powered by Duracell? =:O

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