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100 Years Ago, No Free Broadband Pneumatic Tubes

Posted by kdawson on from the when-brooklyn-was-a-considerable-city dept.

TheSync writes "The Division of Labour blog spotlights a report written 100 years ago by a commission appointed by the Postmaster General, that came to the conclusion: 'That it is not feasible and desirable at the present time for the Government to purchase, to install, or to operate pneumatic tubes.' Here is a scan of the original NYTimes article. If only we had gotten the free government Intertubes in 1908!"

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  1. WTF? by east+coast · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Isn't this the kind of crap that Idle was created for?

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    Dedicated Cthulhu Cultist since 4523 BC.
  2. Idle by MrMista_B · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Copy-pasting my previous comment about a story like this, that happened to get me a "+5 Insightful+"

    Seriously, keep this shit in Idle, or get rid of Idle entirely.

    Please.