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11-26-2009, 11:42 PM | #1 | |
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Nov 27, 2009: Pigeon Express
Let's say you're running a white water adventure business, in the Colorado Rockies. And to make the most of the limited season, you want to sell the adventurer/customers, pictures of themselves in the thick of the river action. So you have the guide/photographers take lots of pictures to sell, but there's a problem... the pictures get to the end at the same time as the customer, and really don't want to wait. They've got to find dry clothes, or catch a plane, or off to the next memory.
Pigeon Express. Quote:
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11-27-2009, 12:15 AM | #2 |
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This data transfer method has actually been documented for years in RFC 1149, "A Standard for the Transmission of IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers".
The data loss for pigeons taken by hawks was not considered in the original RFC. Perhaps they should contact the Internet Engineering Task Force. |
11-27-2009, 06:19 AM | #3 |
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Now we can use up all that cranberry sauce.
...slides knife against steel......
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11-27-2009, 06:21 AM | #4 |
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Note: Remove memory card prior to cooking. And the backpack thingie. Feet are optional.
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11-27-2009, 08:13 AM | #5 |
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They should send decoy/bodyguard pigeons to keep the hawks busy
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11-27-2009, 08:56 AM | #6 |
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I thought homing pigeons were extinct. You mean regular sky rats do this, too?
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11-27-2009, 12:54 PM | #7 | |
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No, homing pigeons have never gone extinct. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homing_Pigeon
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11-27-2009, 01:40 PM | #8 |
I hear them call the tide
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pigeon-fancying is popular in the UK.
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11-27-2009, 07:52 PM | #9 |
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Am I the only one who saw the words 'pigeon express' and immediately thought of takeout?
Pigeon Pie Braised pigeons in chocolate sauce (I'm not kidding!!!)
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11-27-2009, 09:08 PM | #10 |
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Vulhawkeon -pigeon in a hawk in a vulture
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11-27-2009, 11:03 PM | #11 | |
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11-28-2009, 05:29 AM | #12 |
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A ping must take hours!
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11-28-2009, 10:01 AM | #13 |
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Actually, I think the technical term is 'peck'.
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11-28-2009, 10:37 AM | #14 |
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At 20 minutes per GB, that's actually faster than DSL. It's a great technology!
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11-28-2009, 05:27 PM | #15 |
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Yeah, but the viruses include bird flu.
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