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Google Launches Free Wireless Broadband
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Ashish Kulkarni writes "Google has just announced the launch of Google TiSP (BETA)(TM), a free in-home wireless broadband service that delivers online connectivity via users' plumbing systems. All the dark fibre that google has supposedly laid out is now fully operational! Check out the description of how it works."
Could you mod me up please?
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Damn, my RAM is full of llamas.
As hackers attempt to hack Google TiSP into their toilets and install Linux on the public "water treatment servers". ;-)
"Bah!" - Dogbert
See, the internet really *is* a series of tubes, after all! I know this is an April Fools joke, but that just had to be said. Coincidentally enough, the word I have to type to log in to reply to this message was "blockage".
One of these days I will realize that going to _any_ website on April 1st is a complete waste of time.
I hope it happens soon.
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
Google is trying too hard today.
My Babylon
I've been a beta tester for Google TISP for the last 3 months. Without any reservations, it simply beats the shit out the competition. And it's free! Only caveat- you might have difficulty taking a dump and surfing the net at the same time, unless you have more than one bathroom (I've got 1.5, so no problems).
Ponies!!! There's just gotta bed pink ponies underneath all that dark fiber.
You can't be ahead of the curve, if you're stuck in a loop.
I could sit on the Internet all day now!
And even better, my rural home has a toilet, so it ought to get broadband now! I just hope it's septic tank compatible.
Saskboy's blog is good. 9 out of 10 dentists agree.
We need to have the pink slashdot theme back, even as an option. OMG ponies!!
Why does my post history abruptly stop? I want to laugh at the stupid things I posted as a kid.
Along with the plumbing connection, Google has added a new web page ranking system called PipeRank. Where as Google's original PageRank algorithm worked to boost pages to the top of their search engine results, PipeRank penalizes pages. PipeRank is measured by counting the number of people that flush the toilet while visiting a web site equipped with Google's plumbing based wi-fi system. Using Google Toolbar enabled laptops as they sit perched on the throne, Google has announced that this is their best new weapon in preventing crap on the Internet from affecting their search results.
Robert Oschler - RobotsRule.com
It takes one brain cell to post that it's a prank, but it takes a host to try and perpetuate the bullshit. And in the spirit of A1, would that not be more fun anyway?
So um yeah, I wonder how they deal with harmonics on long runs of pipe, eh?
Karma: Bad is the liberal way of saying this guy won't drink the kool aid here on slash dot. I wear my Karma with pride
I'm on septic
If you could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people
If you eat oatmeal the day before, you'll have all the dark fiber you'll need.
That's why they bought YouTube !
I have just developed a Unix device, using Signetics' "Write Only Memory" chips, which not only collects unwanted bits, but also actually flushes them down the toilet. Simply "pipe" unwanted data to "\dev\toilet" eg: > more foo.txt | toilet. Also, for Mac & PC users, it comes with a more appropriate icon to replace the Trashcan icon - it's the new "Toilet" icon, and with it you can flush those no-longer-needed files down the drain! We are currently in alpha test, and users should beware of one small problem currently being debugged: occasionally, when un-deleting a file (OS-X cmd-Z), the file comes back with a few extra bits of dark matter stuck to it which can stink up your system.
Brings new meaning to the phrase, "You have got to be sh*tting me!"
~A
X's and O's for all of my foes.
Why is TiSP in beta?
When things go wrong with TiSP, they go very, very wrong. Let's leave it at that.
Priceless.
Your sig(k) has been stolen. There is a puff of smoke!
Wireless internet is great and all, but GMail Paper promises to revolutionize the way we store email.
Also, their logo is cool: TiSP
True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
Ok, so since my place has two toilets (data interfaces), does this mean I can use a Cisco 72xx or higher series router to double my throughput with trunking? Hmmmm, must start looking on eBay.... Does it reboot the connection when the data interface is flushed?
Don't fear the penguins