From a discussion on The Internet Access Company's local newsgroup on the future of online newspapers and magazines: >>chesler@tiac.net (David Chesler) wrote: > >>...But, as Rick Kelly pointed out, there is currently no substitute >>for the convenience and portability of paper as a means of distributing >>and recording information... >> >>This may change, however, when toilets start coming with terminals >>attached ;-) > > >Rumor has it that the new high-tech 'pissoirs' being installed in >Paris will be linked by a digital data network to the agency responsible >for keeping them cleaned and maintained. It would seem that once such >a network is in place, it would be possible to downstream an electronic >newspaper as well as upstream information on the maintenance status >of each 'pissoir'. > >Undoubtedly, this gives new meaning to the term 'IP address'. > >Cheers, >Will >The Old Bear
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