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Wow. Wouldn't it be great for us content providers if there was a service that would tell us when our content appears on HN? (hint. hint)

• jgroome 14y ago
  He was out of phone as well as Internet contact. Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular?
  • mindcrime 14y ago
    Maybe HN should send homing pigeons when a link gets popular? Finally! The perfect application for RFC-1149[1]. And people said it was just an April Fool's Day joke! [1]: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt
    • vidarh 14y ago
      RFC 1149 has been implemented: http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ Ping times were rather atrocious.
      • daeken 14y ago
        Alternatively, the ping times were great considering that pigeons were the transport.
      • mkr-hn 14y ago
        The complaints from people at each hop were also a major issue.
  • nvr219 14y ago
    This would be helpful for entrepreneurs in South Africa as well... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm
    • SeanDav 14y ago
      That is a brilliant story. Especially enjoyable because I don't live in SA anymore. Thanks for making me chuckle!
  • mapmeld 14y ago
    Maybe the service would come with a satellite phone. I'd like that.
• loceng 14y ago
  Doesn't Chartbeat do something like that?
• swombat 14y ago
  Rob Fitzpatrick (@robfitz) had a service that does this via SMS...
• andreasklinger 14y ago
  You might like http://hnalerts.com/ http://hnalerts.com/
• mseebach 14y ago
  Google Alerts should do this.