[ILUG] pigeon packets and a serious question...

[John Allen]

kevin lyda wrote:

> ok so there's an article in salon regarding the implementation of rfc 1149
> (i think that's the number).  readable story so far.
> 
> but i was thinking about how it could be useful[0].  and i'm being serious.
> 
> i noticed they used icmp packets which makes sense.  tcp has a timeout,
> and i think udp might as well[1].  and this is why http://www.linux.mars/
> is never going to work under present conditions (ok, lack of
> infrastructure at the moment causes problems as well).
> 
> so the solution to having a useful protocol over ip[2] ip is the same
> as ip over avian carriers.
> 
> i remember reading a while back about work on an interplanetary network.
> has anyone here read about it recently?
> 
> [0]  for the pigeon method itself it might be useful to use a low cost,
>      pellet shapped storage device.  the computer would spit it out into
>      a dish and then the pigeon would pick it up, fly to the receiving
>      computer and drop it in another hole (and possibly receive some food
>      as a reward).  routing could be handled by having different dishes
>      on the sending computer that correspond to different receiving
>      computers.
> [1]  wait, udp probably doesn't.  tcp just has the timeout for acks.
> [2]  interplanetary 
> 
Jesus, maybe is I get enough Pidgeons I can get a better, more reliable,
FASTER internet connection then I have with this shagging modem.

I want my ADSL/Cable connection NOW!