Pilgrims to receive texts from the Pope

From
http://www.theage.com.au/national/pi...0712-3e20.html

World Youth Day pilgrims can receive daily text messages from the Pope and
upload prayers on to giant screens as part of a new WYD telecommunications
precinct.

More than 540km of new fibre optic cable has been installed in the Sydney
CBD to beam WYD broadcasts to about 200 countries worldwide.

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Sydney tomorrow ahead of his official welcome
to the city on Thursday, when up to 500,000 people are expected to flock to
the city to greet him.

The same amount of people are expected to attend the closing Papal Mass
tomorrow week at Randwick Racecourse.

Up to one billion people are expected to watch some of the WYD events when
they are screened around the world.

Telstra spokesman Peter Taylor said the telco had brought in the fibre optic
cable to broadcast the Pope's visit, while 400km of copper cable was laid to
make sure pilgrims could access the internet and make phone calls.

"For Telstra, it's the biggest event since the 2000 Olympic Games, so we've
brought in the same infrastructure that was used for the Sydney Games," Mr
Taylor said.

Eight temporary base stations will be erected to allow young pilgrims to
send text messages to family and friends.

The four giant digital "prayer wall" screens will be erected at the Sydney
Opera House, the Domain, Darling Harbour and Randwick Racecourse.

"The Pope SMS will see the Pope send a daily massage of inspiration to
subscribers," Mr Taylor said.

"They can send a message to the giant prayer walls that are going to be
around town."

Pilgrims will also be able to record a virtual video clip with Guy Sebastian
and Paulini and print out and email photographs for free.

More than 30,000 pilgrims are expected to pass through the Telstra precinct
in Hyde Park over the six-day WYD event, which officially starts on July 15.

Double crash survivor Sophie Delezio and her family launched the precinct
today after organisers invited the family to be WYD ambassadors.

"This is one of the biggest events in the world ... and we're here to
represent a lot of young people with disabilities and especially sick kids,"
Sophie's father Ron Delezio said.

Sophie, who tested out the virtual music recording studio today, urged WYD
pilgrims "to pray for all the sick kids in the world," during the week-long
Catholic event.

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"Alan Parkington" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> From
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/pi...0712-3e20.html
>
> World Youth Day pilgrims can receive daily text messages from the Pope

It's an automated service that sends messages like "How much for a blowjob,
little boy?".............

--
Kwyj.

On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:13:12 GMT, "Alan Parkington"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>From
>http://www.theage.com.au/national/pi...0712-3e20.html
>
>World Youth Day pilgrims can receive daily text messages from the Pope and
>upload prayers on to giant screens as part of a new WYD telecommunications
>precinct.
snip

They'll probably have to send a "stop" text message, otherwise Telstra
will charge them $10.00 per day thereafter...

Sounds like another Telstra scam.

Alan Poxington <[email protected]> wrote

> From
> http://www.theage.com.au/national/pi...0712-3e20.html

> World Youth Day pilgrims can receive daily text messages from the Pope

Nope. From some other child molester, actually.

> and upload prayers on to giant screens as part of a new WYD telecommunications precinct.

And some other child molester censors those first.

> More than 540km of new fibre optic cable has been installed in the Sydney CBD to beam WYD broadcasts to about 200
> countries worldwide.

Fark, who the **** paid for that ?

> Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Sydney tomorrow ahead of his official welcome to the city on Thursday, when up to 500,000
> people are expected to flock to the city to greet him.

Bet it ends up nothing like 500K.

> The same amount of people are expected to attend the closing Papal Mass tomorrow week at Randwick Racecourse.

Only in your pathetic little drug crazed fantasyland.

> Up to one billion people are expected to watch some of the WYD events when they are screened around the world.

Easy to claim. Hell of a lot harder to actually substantiate that claim.

> Telstra spokesman Peter Taylor said the telco had brought in the fibre optic cable to broadcast the Pope's visit,

More fool Telstra.

> while 400km of copper cable was laid to make sure pilgrims could access the internet and make phone calls.

Wota packa dinosaurs.

> "For Telstra, it's the biggest event since the 2000 Olympic Games, so we've brought in the same infrastructure that
> was used for the Sydney Games," Mr Taylor said.

And who paid for it ?

> Eight temporary base stations will be erected to allow young pilgrims to send text messages to family and friends.

Whoopy ****ing do.

> The four giant digital "prayer wall" screens will be erected at the Sydney Opera House, the Domain, Darling Harbour
> and Randwick Racecourse.

Whoopy ****ing do.

> "The Pope SMS will see the Pope send a daily massage of inspiration to subscribers," Mr Taylor said.

Nope, some other child molester will.

> "They can send a message to the giant prayer walls that are going to be around town."

And some other child molester will censor those.

> Pilgrims will also be able to record a virtual video clip with Guy
> Sebastian and Paulini and print out and email photographs for free.

Whoopy ****ing do.

> More than 30,000 pilgrims are expected to pass through the Telstra precinct in Hyde Park over the six-day WYD event,
> which officially starts on July 15.

Whoopy ****ing do.

> Double crash survivor Sophie Delezio and her family launched the precinct today after organisers invited the family to
> be WYD ambassadors.

Because they were stupid enough to grovel to some stupid fruit cake.

> "This is one of the biggest events in the world ...

Must be one of those rocket scientist ****wits.

> and we're here to represent a lot of young people with disabilities and especially sick kids," Sophie's father Ron
> Delezio said.

> Sophie, who tested out the virtual music recording studio today,
> urged WYD pilgrims "to pray for all the sick kids in the world,"
> during the week-long Catholic event.

Pardon me while I have a quiet retch.