Online to Offline (was Re: [LINK] Funerals hit the Web)

[David Chia]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 10:02:14AM +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> <brd>
> The Internet's killer ap?
                 ^^^^^^
> </brd>

Bad choice of word ? :) :)


> Funerals hit the Web
> Perth
> September 25 2002
> SMH
> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/25/1032734204929.html
> 
> People unable to attend funeral services can now see their loved ones being
> buried via the internet.

Seems like this is a new trend. The Japanese appears to have this service
using fiber optic link a few years back. Busy executives can even pay the
annual homage to their ancestors from their office desks. The Financial
Times has just the right title - Online to Offline,

  http://www.geocities.com/bobmeyer_us/econ_01.html

Just the other day someone mentioning the price for a competition
that you'll kill yourself for:

  http://www.newscientist.com/competition/

Then there was another mentioning something that might even revive
the one that has passed away. No, not the potent cocktail. On second
thought, I better skip it since the content might be offensive to feminist
or those easily offended.

On a lighter side, for those people who had previously complained here
about the letter 'e' has been overused and there is now a general lack
of the character, here is the chance to bid in a auction for the big
'E', the Enron E logo weighing 200 lbs,

  http://www.dovebid.com/assets/display.asp?ItemID=web990182


-- 
David Chia

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