Recent events have brought to light some of the failings of the Footnoterphone system- garbled and dropped messages that have plagued the network for years. The Footnoterphone dates back to 1856 or earlier, and its unsuitability for 21st Century librocommunications is lamentably apparent. Some areas on the fringes of the Book World are without service entirely, while other works have but a single payfootnoterphone. This simply will not do in the century to come.

I have a new idea, one that is cost-effective and simple to implement while at the same time bringing the whole of the Book World into one simple-to-use librocommunications network.

By placing a stamp in magnetic ink on the lower page ends of all books produced the natural resonant energy that is also used by the Imagino-Transferance Rendering System can be used to step and repeat the signal; a properly calibrated system would broadcast up to one meter from the repeater which means that one book on a shelf could broadcast to all other books on the same shelf. Using this system there are no lost communications or garbled messages, and there is no longer any need for bulky brass antiques as user interface devices.

I call it Shelvular Networking, or a shelve phone for short. I believe it could dominate the librocommunications industry within a decade.

Have JurisTech contact my People, we'll have lunch...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/17/2007 02:20AM by AmazingScott.

Question: How do /we/ read it.

Not a bad plan though....

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Mmmmn...

I'm worried that a footnoterphone spammer, hacker or other criminal type could route a rogue message through several dozen innocent stamps so that the ensuing complexity of tracing where the call came from would effectively cover his footer-steps.

Telecom Australia would probably be interested and do lunch with you though.

Surely JurisTech has the ability to secure such transmissions, similar to the security features on the Guide Book... which might also make for a neat Exploding Gadget or Locator Beacon plot device later if needed.

Call me shelfish if you will but I think it's the future of librocommunications. =)

Well... okay, I'll call for the shellfish - BUT it's going onto your credit card, not mine.

Does it come with a camera?

Spiny lobster....

More fun to catch than eat though. ;)

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

I personally, would like to get on board with this shelf phone. I'll support your system- let me introduce you to my friends Mr Slant and Mr Gilt...

(accepts suspiciously plain brown Goliath envelope)

I suspect you have placed your own shelf-interests above the greater wood...

But what about metal shelving? Would there not be compatibility errors?

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'We're all mad here. I'm mad, you're mad." [said the Cat.]
"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "Or you wouldn't have come here."
- Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

Metal shelved areas might have better reception...

Welcome AmazingScott!

Savoury pies on that shelf, sweet on that shelf.

If you are going to be shellfish, don't let anyone else have any of them.........

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

We should probably use this system to keep track of the pie tins...

So it isn't like Chinese Wispers then

Is a Chinese Whispa a chocolate bar only available in Beijing?

Did somebody say chocolate?

Sounds good to me...

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<does a mad little dance around the bedroom before setting down again to watch Pride and Prejudice for the zillionth time!>

What's a wispa? I'm assuming you don't mean *this*- [www.wspa.org.au]... As it sounds like it ought to be chocolate, from the post immediately before Nemades' (although this being the fforum, I'm not 100% sure that is a legitimate logical step)

try here

I included a spare "h" as I had one left over. It wasn't a spelling mistake. No! Never!

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My computer beat me at chess, but I won at kickboxing

Yhou knhow whhat thehy shay. Whaste hnot whant noht.