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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.