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Posted by Cep on 18-01-2011 at 11:35:

Copper Wire

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.

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Posted by green on 18-01-2011 at 12:07:

pound pound pound

Oh, it does! It does!

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Posted by Transmute Jun on 18-01-2011 at 13:44:

LOL!

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Posted by clouddancer on 18-01-2011 at 15:59:

:biglaugh:

Sounds like a good tale to me.

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Posted by Madilayn on 18-01-2011 at 20:16:

It certainly does, Cep!! Especially when you consider that WiFi was actually an Aussie invention!

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Posted by green on 18-01-2011 at 20:21:

Of course it was, Maddy - according to Jack Lucknow, we've had it for 250 years! pound

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Posted by gatchamarie on 19-01-2011 at 09:48:

Rofl Nice one, Cep!

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Posted by littlewolf on 19-01-2011 at 11:18:

So........... Telstra was more efficient then???! cough cough

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