blog The following telecommunications-related joke was sent to us by a friend. It’s unknown who wrote it, but we think Malcolm Turnbull, in particular, might find it amusing :)
After having dug to a depth of 10 feet last year, British scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 200 years and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network more than 150 years ago.
Not to be outdone by the Brit’s, in the weeks that followed, an American archaeologist dug to a depth of 20 feet, and shortly after, a story published in the New York Times: “American archaeologists, finding traces of 250-year-old copper wire, have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network 50 years earlier than the British”.
One week later, the state’s Dept of Minerals and Energy in Western Australia, reported the following:
“After digging as deep as 30 feet in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, Jack Lucknow, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely f**k all. Jack has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone wireless.”
Just makes you bloody proud to be Australian.
Image credit: Kathatp, Royalty Free
The Americans found traces of glass at 20 feet in the version of the joke I heard.
And you could then take this further where 350 yrs ago Australia and already been at the forefront mobile communication devices which were durable, a battery life of infinity, water proof and full reception at all times….
It was called the bullroarer!!
http://www.google.com.au/images?q=bullroarer&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=f_09TfGmDsvIccn_kYUH&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=8&ved=0CHMQsAQwBw&biw=1204&bih=838
The joke’s on Australia, wireless technologies are pathetic and will always be pathetic when compared to optical fibre.
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