October 19th, 2004
NOTE FROM KIM:
Intel CTO Patrick Gelsinger recently announced that
the Internet could no longer cope with the traffic
streaming across its network.
the Internet could no longer cope with the traffic
streaming across its network.
The Top 7 Signs the
Internet Is Collapsing
Internet Is Collapsing
7> Internet Explorer keeps crashing. Of course, it’s always done that, but now it has an excuse.
6> Al Gore blames the invention of the Internet on George W. Bush.
5> Microsoft is sending out patches on a daily basis. Plywood and sheet metal patches to hold your computer together, that is.
4> Schools place emergency orders for encyclopedias and books as students panic about how to get information.
3> The Post Office begins their new “Look Who’s Crawling Back NOW” media campaign.
2> “You see honey, everyone has to store a piece of the Internet for safekeeping, and I RANDOMLY got assigned porn.”
and the Number 1 Sign the Internet Is Collapsing…
1> There are so many pop-under ads, even the pop-up ads can’t get through.
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Credits:
Selected from 57 submissions from 20 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 1
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 2, 4
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 3, 6
Dawson Rambo, Santa Rosa, CA — 5
Julie Nusbaum, Hamilton IN — 6
Gideon Griebenow, Potchefstroom, S. Africa — 6
Marshall Gatten, Glendale, CA — 6
Fletcher Bumpus, Arlington, TX — 6
Neal Bouffard, Ottawa, ON — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator,
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