Jokes>Anyone Using the Google TiSP System?
BlackDog 07:47 AM 02-25-2010
68TriShield 07:51 AM 02-25-2010
kydsid 07:53 AM 02-25-2010
WTF BBQSauce? Interesting sense of humor they have!
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Kreth 07:53 AM 02-25-2010
Tried it for a while, but I had really sh!tty connection speeds.
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aich75013 07:55 AM 02-25-2010
This was one of their April Fools jokes from a few years ago.
But you already knew that, right?
:-)
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BlackDog 07:59 AM 02-25-2010
Originally Posted by aich75013:
This was one of their April Fools jokes from a few years ago.
But you already knew that, right?:-)
I knew it was a joke, but didn't know it was from April Fools. Some of the links are funny too.
Maybe the mods should move it to the jokes section.
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BlackDog 08:10 AM 02-25-2010
From wikipedia:
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Google TiSP
Google TiSP (short for Toilet Internet Service Provider) 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 Mbit/s (2 Mbps upload) (or up to 32 Mbps with a paid plan). The user would drop a weighted end of a long, Google-supplied fiber-optic cable in their toilet and flush it. Around 60 minutes later, the end would be recovered and connected to the Internet by a "Plumbing Hardware Dispatcher (PHD)". The user would then connect 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, in which 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. Google also referenced the cola-and-Mentos reaction in their FAQ: "If you're still experiencing problems, drop eight mints into the bowl and add a two-liter bottle of diet soda."
:-)
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markem 06:45 PM 02-25-2010
