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Yes, there are April Fools RFCs every year, and they're usually pretty great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments https://en.

Yes, there are April Fools RFCs every year, and they're usually pretty great. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for_Comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day_Request_for... There are some other great ones like "TCP/IP over Carrier Pidgeon" and "Scenic IPv6 Routing"

formerly_proven 5y ago
Where I come from scenic IPv6 routing is the default, not an extra option.
can16358p 5y ago
AFAIK there was an actual implementation of the IP over avian carriers that carried actual packets, with quite a few dropped ones.
- wongarsu 5y ago
  Here's the writeup on that implementation: https://web.archive.org/web/20220401021424/https://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/writeup/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220401021424/https://www.blug.... If you extend the protocol to support SD-cards instead of rolls of paper as the data medium, and appropriate frame and packet sizes, you can get phenomenal bandwidth even if latency and packet drop are still not great.
  - Akronymus 5y ago
    https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/31/ I got just the xkcd for that.