Re: UKNM: Northern Lights to be Used for Advertising

[Jim Sterne]

Balderdash!

I know because I asked my advisor on the

Psychic Friends Internetwork, and they should

know; they're clairvoyeurs.



At 11:38 AM 3/30/98 +0100, Steve Bowbrick wrote:

>This is ridiculous. Obviously not possible. Some kind of scam.

>

>Meanwhile, did you see the announcement last week of a breakthrough in

>matter transfer over TCP/IP? There's an RFC describing a new protocol -

>SMTP (Solid Matter Transfer Protocol - apparently there's some problem with

>the name), USRobotics' AtomBlaster modem is in late testing, Cisco have a

>matter router in the works and Bill Gates was quoted as saying "we think

>matter will be the big driver in the next decade. Bits are dead. It's time

>for the atoms to make their long-delayed comeback. Long live stuff!"

>

>Steve

>

>At 11:29 25/03/98 -0800, you wrote:

>>

>>Target Marketing

>>

>>www.targeting.com

>>Jim Sterne

>

>jsternetargeting [dot] com

>>

>>

>>       YOUR NAME IN (NORTHERN) LIGHTS

>>                   -----

>>       NEW MARKETING MEDIUM ANNOUNCED

>>

>>  Company Slogans in the Skies Before the Year 2000

>>

>>

>>SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA  4/1/98 --  Scientists have announced

>>a new method of using the Northern Lights as a display for

>>advertising.  This latest development on the marketing front

>>has large companies scrambling to be the first to sign up with

>>a new service being offered by Target Marketing of Santa Barbara

>>(www.targeting.com).

>>

>>"It's essentially a breakthrough in ionospheric and magnetospheric

>>physics," says Jim Sterne of Target Marketing. "Years ago, original

>>studies had been focused on the use of low frequency signals to

>>communicate with space probes across vast distances, and now the

>>Internet gives us a large enough platform to control the Northern

>>Lights."

>>

>>Computer models generated back in the early 1980's indicated that

>>a blanket of loosely woven copper wire spread over a huge area

>>could generate controlled pulses. The intent was communication

>>with spacecraft that had left the solar system

>>


>>Low frequency communication has long been used to communicate

>>with submarines far out at sea. It was deemed impractical at the

>>time, however, to construct such a system due to the enormous

>>cost. Today the Internet backbone provides the platform and the

>>characteristics of modern routers and switches provide the controls.

>>

>>The clock rates of modern computers and the use of interference

>>pattern techniques can generate signals in the 40 to 50 GHz range.

>

>>It was discovered that these signals interact with the Ionosphere

>>and can be tuned to cause alterations in Northern Light contours.

>>

>>Target Marketing plans to display the first commercial messages

>>in Northern Lights one year from the date of this announcement.

>>This has started a bidding war among several corporations.

>>

>>In individual press releases, Scott McNealy announced a new virtual

>>machine called JavIcicles, Microsoft announced Windows NL, and AT&T

>>and Sprint have petitioned the FCC for new frequency auctions. Bill

>>Gates was overheard wondering how many programmers it would take to

>>make the Northern Lights appear over the lower latitudes.

>>

>>

>>

>>------------------------------------------------------

>>Jim Sterne                    http://www.targeting.com


>>

>

>jsternetargeting [dot] com Target Marketing

>>Author: "World Wide Web Marketing"        805-965-3184

>>"Customer Service on the Internet"          Consultant

>

>>and "What Makes People Click - Advertising on the Web"

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>

>--

>Steve Bowbrick                                      Webmedia Group

>0171 494 3177                                         0468 257 570

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Jim Sterne                    http://www.targeting.com

jsternetargeting [dot] com

                 Target Marketing

Author: "World Wide Web Marketing"     +1 805-965-3184

"Customer Service on the Internet"          Consultant

and "What Makes People Click - Advertising on the Web"

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