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WORLDWIRELESS (1) The interconnection of the existing telegraph exchanges or offices all over the world; (2) The establishment of a secret and noninterferable government telegraph service; (3) The interconnection of all the present telephone exchanges or offices on the globe; (4) The universal distribution of general news, by telegraph or telephone, in connection with the press; (5) The establishment of intelligence transmission for exclusive private use; (6) The interconnection and operation of all stock tickers of the world; (7) The establishment of a "World System" of musical distribution, etc; (8) The universal registration of time by cheap clockis indicating the hour with astronomical precision and requiring no attention whatever; (9) The world transmission of typed or handwritten characters, letters, checks, etc; (10) The establishment of a universal marine service enabling the navigators of all ships to steer perfectly without compass, to determine the exact location, hour, and speed to prevent collisions and disasters, etc; (11) The inauguration of a system of world printing on land and sea; (12) The world reproduction of photographic pictures and all kinds of drawings or records. NIKOLA TESLA 1906 # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net