[BITList] COPPER WIRE.

[David Harvey]

*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. *
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*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". *
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*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--**-** all.*
*Jack has therefore concluded that 250 years ago, Australia had already gone
wireless." *
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*Just makes you bloody proud to be Australian. *
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