A Series of Tubes and The Social Networking World Map

by **George** » Sun Nov 9th, 2008, 8:02 pm

Episode

What we all have to remember is, in the words of Senator Ted Stevens, the man who in 2006 was in charge of regulating the internet, is that “the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.” This accurate technical analysis gives a clear precise picture of the internet and just what is going wrong. The internet is slowing down and soon it’ll be useless to us all. As Ted Stevens himself pointed out “I just the other day got... an Internet was sent by my staff at 10 o'clock in the morning on Friday. I got it on Tuesday.”

Here at Pop Goes The Revolution we have once more found out the source of the problem, and yet again it lands in the pop culture remit. We have discovered that the sole reason for the slowing down of the internet is in fact Social Networking sites. It’s a combination of the pointless flashy MySpace pages, the billions of photos of their face from every conceivable angle on Bebo, and the constant updating of statuses on Facebook, beemed in by text message, saying such important messages as “I am now eating a yoghurt.”

There is only one logical conclusion. To save the internet we must remove a social networking site. Therefore, in order to protect mankind, Pop Goes The Revolution have send off the Cliff List team to examine the social networking mammoths and reckon now they have the ability to strip the cables and servers and send the chosen site plunging to its doom.*

The question is, which one will go. Well, naturally that choice is up to you. Yes, you can vote now in the biggest cliff list battle to date, the clash of the social networking sites. So pick your sides, and vote for which one you feel is worse.

Join us this Thursday to find out what will go.

As an irrelevant side note, Ted Stevens was wrong, the internet isn’t a series of tubes, it actually looks more like this - http://xkcd.com/256/

*We would like it noted that we are fully aware that all this chat is metaphorical, and this is a pre-emptive telling off for whatever smart arse decided to inform us that we can no longer have an account with whichever site loses the battle.

by **George** » Sun Nov 9th, 2008, 9:00 pm

Pop Goes The Revolution // 1200-1300 13.11.08

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by **George** » Tue Nov 11th, 2008, 5:10 pm

So glad to see Bebo loosing. It's making my day. That, and it'll really wind up Nikki.

by **George** » Wed Nov 12th, 2008, 11:06 pm

Cheers for the vote sguys. A few more hours to go now till the run off on tomorrow's show. Tune in to find out what goes.

by **George** » Tue Nov 18th, 2008, 4:09 pm

As late as this, a couple of points.

In my opinion this was the best episode we'd done all year, although unfortunately it appears that our educational messages aren't getting through as teh public voted to get rid of Facebook instead of Bebo - they are wrong!

But anyway, cheers very much to those who voted and listened.

Can I also say a public thank you to Catriona Hood, a Glasgow School or Art student who designed our logo - the weasel rocks. The logo brings a smile to my face everytime I see it.

We'll be giving her a special shout out on the shpow on Thursday - she asked me to dedicate a James song to her... naaaaaah! Too far.

Hope you all listen in this week. We have a special treat for you. Details to follow.

Cheers people,

George