Re: [Sheflug] (OT) New Google ISP Offering Called TISP (Remember

[(Ted Harding) <ted.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03-Apr-07 10:07:59, Wonkey Donkey wrote:
> Good morning all,
> 
> I came across these links in my morning email. One could never
> accuse Google of not having a sense of humour :)
> 
> Steve.
> 
> http://www.google.com/tisp/press.html
> http://www.google.com/tisp/install.html
> http://www.google.com/tisp/faq.html 

Damn! I should have patented that! Back in Sept 1998 I (as "Boris",
an apparently ex-Soviet entrepreneur who is my alter ego) received
some enterprise intelligence from my compatriot associate Alexei.
Here is my reply (suitably redacted):



On 17-Sep-98 "Alexei" wrote:
> "Barclays Bank is planning to bring home banking, via the
> microwave straight to your kitchen. Convergence of technology
> is being taken to the extreme with a microwave oven from NCR
> that lets you bank and shop online, watch TV and email your
> friends, even while you are cooking supper." 
> 
> Where will it end?? 


Alexei?? Is Boris. Look OK thank you for sending info on IT in
kitchen sink, some mileage in it but I have better idea.

What I want you should look at is new project, we can beat
these guys if we move fast. You remember we bought out S.H.I.T.[1]
Technology from [xxxxxxx] Enterprises now trading under new name,
we are looking for new market since Italians got wise.

New idea is NT, Network Toilet. Communication channels infrastructure
in place since long time, hundreds of years some cases, almost all
households linked, batch process flushing mechanism well developed,
principles of S.H.I.T. communication actually part of human culture
in all history, but need new sophisticated dynamic routing methods
otherwise everybody get everybody else's S.H.I.T., so this your new
job, Alexei, develop packet sniffer.

Also develop delivery agents. At present most S.H.I.T. devices write
only, also need read capability, maybe get ideas from existing backup
technology.

We get this right, we beat Barclays Bank, you bank and shop online, watch
TV, email your friends, even while cooking supper, also sitting on
toilet. This is last human domain without communications network.

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[1] http://www.killourboss.com/training.html

    et al.


Best wishes to all,
Boris
[errr, Ted]

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