Edition Electronique

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Colin Kemp 7K76 BNR

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 Jan 23 10:39:00 1996

 To:          TODD HORSMAN                       (BNR400)               

 From:        Colin (C.W.)  Kemp                 (BNR)      Dept 7X85   SKY

 Subject:     [rec.humor.funny] Edition Electronique

Couldn't resist sending this one.

Col
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From a discussion on The Internet Access Company's local newsgroup
on the future of online newspapers and magazines:

>>[email protected] (David Chesler) wrote:
>
>>...But, as Rick Kelly pointed out, there is currently no substitute 
>>for the convenience and portability of paper as a means of distributing 
>>and recording information...
>>
>>This may change, however, when toilets start coming with terminals
>>attached ;-)
>
>
>Rumor has it that the new high-tech 'pissoirs' being installed in 
>Paris will be linked by a digital data network to the agency responsible 
>for keeping them cleaned and maintained.  It would seem that once such 
>a network is in place, it would be possible to downstream an electronic 
>newspaper as well as upstream information on the maintenance status 
>of each 'pissoir'.
>
>Undoubtedly, this gives new meaning to the term 'IP address'.
>
>Cheers,
>Will
>The Old Bear

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