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History of Telecommunications?

Lucutus · 2000-11-22 13:04:00

After digging to a depth of 100m last year, Russian scientists found traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago. So as not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200m, and headlines in the…

22-11-2000 1:04pm

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After digging to a depth of 100m last year, Russian scientists found traces of copper wiring dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago.

So as not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200m, and headlines in the US newspapers read: "US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibres, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians."

One week later, the Irish press reported the following:
"After digging as deep as 500m, Irish scientists have found
absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using mobile phones.

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#2 23-11-2000 9:41pm

Hannah

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Classic!

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#3 23-11-2000 10:52pm

tobi

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HEHE

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#4 24-11-2000 11:13pm

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nicely done!

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#5 24-11-2000 11:17pm

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LOL thats a deadly one

:Oj:

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#6 25-11-2000 12:18am

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LOL I LOVE IT

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