From: John Allen (john.allen at domain online.ie)
Date: Fri 11 May 2001 - 19:08:42 IST
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!
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