Airencracken
11-01-2006, 01:01 PM
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-6130991.html?part=rss&tag=6130991&subj=news
No Internet at United Nations 'Internet' summit
You'd think that of all places that should have speedy and reliable Internet access, a United Nations summit on the Internet would be high on the list.
Not quite. The organizers of the summit, held at a luxury resort hotel on the Athenian Riveria not far from the city center, couldn't even provide a working Internet connection.
The wireless connection in the main conference hall appeared briefly before dying and leaving attendees bereft of the Net on Monday. Trying to connect to the base station yielded only a "could not connect to the network" error.
It was no better on Tuesday -- by that time, the conference organizers apparently gave up and took the connection offline completely.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
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HOMESTAR RUNNER: Thank you for calling the internet, may I have your account number or identity theft, please?
STRONG BAD: No, but you can have a heapin' helpin' of my unbridled rage!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {reading slowly from sheets of paper} Ma'am, please calm down. Your CD tray is not a cup holder. {turns page} I cannot help you clear your browser cache. No, I'm not in India.
STRONG BAD: Shut up and listen. {Homestar drops the papers in surprise. Strong Bad bangs his hand on keyboard} My internet is crawling along like... something... funny... that crawls along.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, I can help you with that. Please hold while I transfer you to someone who can help you with that.
STRONG BAD: {incredulous} What?!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} Doo doot. Tch. Doo doo dit. Tch. Doot doo doot. Tch.
{Cut to a long shot of the office as Homestar stands up. Homestar is the only visible tech representative.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {still singing} It's the hold music, do doot. Tch. Pa doo doot. Tch. Boodoo doo doot. Tch. {high pitched voice} Hold music!
{Cut back to the splitscreen as Homestar sits down.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {in a telephone voice} Thank you for holding. Your call is very unportant to us. The next available representative wi— {normal voice} okay, I'm back! Lemme just verify your address so I can send you my weight in free sign-up CDs.
STRONG BAD: Ugh, enough! {bangs hand against keyboard again} I'm marching my pasty white bwathom down there to talk to the man in charge!
{He slams the phone down and walks offscreen during Homestar's next line.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: I'm so glad we could get that resolved. Is there anything else I could—
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Oh the ironing! :heh:
No Internet at United Nations 'Internet' summit
You'd think that of all places that should have speedy and reliable Internet access, a United Nations summit on the Internet would be high on the list.
Not quite. The organizers of the summit, held at a luxury resort hotel on the Athenian Riveria not far from the city center, couldn't even provide a working Internet connection.
The wireless connection in the main conference hall appeared briefly before dying and leaving attendees bereft of the Net on Monday. Trying to connect to the base station yielded only a "could not connect to the network" error.
It was no better on Tuesday -- by that time, the conference organizers apparently gave up and took the connection offline completely.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
============================
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Thank you for calling the internet, may I have your account number or identity theft, please?
STRONG BAD: No, but you can have a heapin' helpin' of my unbridled rage!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {reading slowly from sheets of paper} Ma'am, please calm down. Your CD tray is not a cup holder. {turns page} I cannot help you clear your browser cache. No, I'm not in India.
STRONG BAD: Shut up and listen. {Homestar drops the papers in surprise. Strong Bad bangs his hand on keyboard} My internet is crawling along like... something... funny... that crawls along.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, I can help you with that. Please hold while I transfer you to someone who can help you with that.
STRONG BAD: {incredulous} What?!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing} Doo doot. Tch. Doo doo dit. Tch. Doot doo doot. Tch.
{Cut to a long shot of the office as Homestar stands up. Homestar is the only visible tech representative.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {still singing} It's the hold music, do doot. Tch. Pa doo doot. Tch. Boodoo doo doot. Tch. {high pitched voice} Hold music!
{Cut back to the splitscreen as Homestar sits down.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {in a telephone voice} Thank you for holding. Your call is very unportant to us. The next available representative wi— {normal voice} okay, I'm back! Lemme just verify your address so I can send you my weight in free sign-up CDs.
STRONG BAD: Ugh, enough! {bangs hand against keyboard again} I'm marching my pasty white bwathom down there to talk to the man in charge!
{He slams the phone down and walks offscreen during Homestar's next line.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: I'm so glad we could get that resolved. Is there anything else I could—
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Oh the ironing! :heh: