benjojoJul 14, 2023
Went to a radar museum today and frankly, more systems should have dedicated buttons called "pigeons"
Show threadPeter Mount

@benjojo RFC 2549 which is a protocol to handle internet using pigeons.

That said it's an April Fool rfc but a group of Norwegians did get it actually working once

Jul 15, 2023 at 3:24pmWeb
Show threadJima Jul 15, 2023

@peter @benjojo Technically they PoC'd RFC 1149 (so, no QoS). It was a Bergen Linux User Group initiative. Alan Cox was there.

Here's a Wayback Machine link of the original site (which was lost in a server crash, AIUI): https://web.archive.org/web/20010603170620/http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/

Bergen Linux User Group

Show threadPeter MountJul 15, 2023
@jima @benjojo thanks, I knew it was one of the avian RFS'c they did it against - with the proviso they didn't use ductape but proper holders for the paper