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Principia Discordia => Techmology and Scientism => Topic started by: ~ on September 11, 2009, 11:09:59 AM

Title: There has Error!
Post by: ~ on September 11, 2009, 11:09:59 AM
There has Error!
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Richter on September 11, 2009, 02:27:45 PM
 :lulz:
...and in the USA, we bitch when our pseudo illicit torrents take longer than an hour to download
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Remington on September 11, 2009, 03:38:01 PM
Quote from: Richter on September 11, 2009, 02:27:45 PM
:lulz:
...and in the USA, we bitch when our pseudo illicit torrents take longer than an hour to download
I want my donkey-granny porn now, damnit!
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: PeregrineBF on September 11, 2009, 05:30:11 PM
The bandwidth is great, but the latency is a bitch. 3-way TCP handshake would take forever. RFC 1149 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html) outlines the standard.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Requia ☣ on September 11, 2009, 10:40:03 PM
You could improve things greatly with a partially electronic pigeon net.  Send the data via pigeon, then use dial up to send a hash, verify the data and acknowledge the packet receival with lower latency.  Lost packets would still be a bitch though.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: PeregrineBF on September 12, 2009, 02:41:36 AM
Meh, a truck full of disk drives has even better bandwidth.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Requia ☣ on September 12, 2009, 04:41:08 AM
More work though.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Golden Applesauce on September 12, 2009, 04:44:28 PM
Quote from: PeregrineBF on September 12, 2009, 02:41:36 AM
Meh, a truck full of disk drives has even better bandwidth.

Yeah, but do you want to wait for the truck to fill up before someone delivers it?  Also the truck has the advantage that a pidgeon is less likely to be attacked by paramilitary groups.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Triple Zero on September 12, 2009, 05:23:38 PM
Quote from: GA on September 12, 2009, 04:44:28 PM
Quote from: PeregrineBF on September 12, 2009, 02:41:36 AM
Meh, a truck full of disk drives has even better bandwidth.

Yeah, but do you want to wait for the truck to fill up before someone delivers it?  Also the truck has the advantage that a pidgeon is less likely to be attacked by paramilitary groups.

HEHEHEH-E

THAT IS BECAUSE A PIDGEON IS MORE LIKE A SERIES OF TUBES!

EHEHEHEH-EH EH-EH-EH-E-E

GET IT

*SNORT*

*PUSH GLASSES UP NOSE*
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on September 12, 2009, 07:11:09 PM
Quote from: Triple Zero on September 12, 2009, 05:23:38 PM
Quote from: GA on September 12, 2009, 04:44:28 PM
Quote from: PeregrineBF on September 12, 2009, 02:41:36 AM
Meh, a truck full of disk drives has even better bandwidth.

Yeah, but do you want to wait for the truck to fill up before someone delivers it?  Also the truck has the advantage that a pidgeon is less likely to be attacked by paramilitary groups.

HEHEHEH-E

THAT IS BECAUSE A PIDGEON IS MORE LIKE A SERIES OF TUBES!

EHEHEHEH-EH EH-EH-EH-E-E

GET IT

*SNORT*

*PUSH GLASSES UP NOSE*


I GET IT!

LOL!
(THAT STANDS OF LAUGHING OUT LOUD!)

*HIGHFIVES 000*
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Rococo Modem Basilisk on September 12, 2009, 11:20:05 PM
What about really accurate pneumatic cannons shooting packages filled with ROM?
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Bruno on September 13, 2009, 12:40:28 AM
*packet collisions may be fatal.
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Shibboleet The Annihilator on September 14, 2009, 04:59:44 PM
*wonders what happens when packets collide with small aircraft
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Cramulus on September 14, 2009, 08:31:20 PM
*wonders if data has ever shit on somebody's car*














































(http://drmikessteakdinner.com/uploads/data-from-star-trek.jpg)
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Brotep on September 16, 2009, 03:51:05 PM
^Goddamn you, that was a great post.  And then, then I scrolled down and didn't know what to think  :horrormirth:
Title: Re: pidgeons faster than internet. fact.
Post by: Jenne on September 16, 2009, 07:01:41 PM
Well played, Cram, well played.