Another gem from back when the internet was fun: HTTP Status 418: I'm a teapot - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/418 Wasn't there also a protocol for checking vending machines for cold drinks?
Considering we actually have internet connected teapots now, I wonder if any mass market products have implemented this.
RFC-1149: IP over Avian Carriers
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Re: RFC-1149: IP over Avian Carriers
#82I think more interesting than this RFC is the United States Army Pigeon Service. During WWII the force consisted of 54,000 pigeons. Over 90% of US Army messages sent by pigeons were received. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Pigeon_Serv...
They must've implemented RFC 2549: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here, an up-vote for you good Sir.
Please don't do this here.
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
I seem to remember that the old saying comes from Tanenbaum's "Operating Systems Design and Implementation". Or not?
Close: > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks . New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6.
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#87A store and forward network could be implemented on that.