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Cybercafe At Mt. Everest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the plus-it's-an-oxygen-bar dept.

Makarand writes "A Nepalese entrepreneur, Tsering Gyalzen, is making plans to set up a cybercafe at Mt Everest basecamp and open it by March. Proceeds from the venture will be used to support solid waste management in the area. VSAT digital satellite equipment installed a 2-hour trek-distance away from base camp will be used to send signals to the internet cafe using radio links."

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  1. In other news.... by ebbomega · · Score: 5, Funny

    Three Starbucks have just recently set themselves up on the same corner....

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  2. cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    thanks, but i'll pass hauling myself 20000 ft up on a mountain.. when i can get it right here in my warm, heated house :-)

  3. Nice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    This must be the only environment my duron 1.3 won't crash of overheating at 36Ghz.

    Super computing, here I come!

  4. Dear Ma by Salsaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    help I'm faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllliiinnnnngggggggg. ..

  5. Gonna by Timesprout · · Score: 3, Funny

    need a few new empticons for the new experiences

    gasping for breath
    just fallen on my ass
    just fallen on my ice axe
    altitude induced gushing nose bleeds
    fscking sherpa just ran off with all the oxygen

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  6. Oh just great! by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny
    Rather than getting email "business offers" from Nigerian cybercafes, I'll get them from Everest. I can see it now:

    Dear Sir.
    Your contact information was referred to me by one of my trusted contacts, whose name I am not at liberty to compromize. I would like to approach you with reguards to a profitable Business Proposal, reguarding the transfer of TEN MILLION ($10000000) U.S. Dollars into your Bank Account. For reasons I am sure you will appreciate, I ask that you keep this commucation confidential, and avoid it falling into the hands of any agents of the Royal Nepal Yak Mounted Police that may be operating in Your area.

    My name is Tsering Gyaltsen Sherpa, and I am the grandson of Gyalzen Sherpa, the recently Deceased Serpa of Nepal. If you have been following the events in my country over the last few years, you will remember the big scandal that took place when Gyalzen was found dead in an alley, from an alledged overdose of Tylenol Flu. [snip]

    I swear those Nigerian 419 scammers must use a page like this one to generate their scam letters.

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