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 Top 7 Signs the
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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