🏳️‍⚧️ KitKatNaomi 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 15, 2023
benjojo
Went to a radar museum today and frankly, more systems should have dedicated buttons called "pigeons"
Jul 14, 2023 at 6:40pmWeb
Show threadthat_lurkerJul 14, 2023
@benjojo Pigeon one recieving radar ping over
Show threadFellJul 14, 2023
@benjojo What does the pigeons button do?
Show threadbenjojoJul 14, 2023
@fell computes a heading for a friendly plane to get back to base!
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Show threadFellJul 14, 2023
@benjojo Oh! I thought it would boost the sensitivity to include small objects on the radar screen.
Show threadrobrykJul 31, 2023

@benjojo @fell

Where does the label come from? (I can't easily find a reference for "pigeons" in aviation context.)

Show threadPerry LorierJul 31, 2023
@robryk @benjojo @fell birdstrike? If a plane is birdstricken it needs to get onto the ground quickly?
Show threadanniethebruceJul 14, 2023

@benjojo It's for their backup network connection.

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2549

RFC 2549: IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service

Show threadsjolsen (MP3 & JPEG compatible!)Jul 14, 2023
@benjojo looking back to the audience for approval as I slowly press the "Slr" button
Show threadDEFUND.Jul 14, 2023
@benjojo I like penguins more ;)
Show thread𒀭𒂗𒆠 ENKI ][eJul 14, 2023
@benjojo what does the "Sir" button do
Show threadRichard DashnauJul 14, 2023
@enkiv2 @benjojo Turns whoever is within the beam into a knight.
Show threadyuubiJul 16, 2023
@enkiv2 Slr (ess ell are) = slant range?
Show threadmiketcopeJul 17, 2023
@enkiv2 @benjojo it tells the former President of the US an apocryphal story
Show threadTrammell HudsonJul 14, 2023
@benjojo @gannet LUNCH is also a useful keyboard button.
Show threadm0xEEJul 15, 2023
@th Is "3" also labeled "STALIN" 😱
@benjojo @gannet
Show threadMike Prior-JonesJul 15, 2023
@th @benjojo @gannet my favourite button is “TEA NOW”
Show threadNaomi PJul 15, 2023
@drmikepj @th @benjojo for good reason!
Show threadAmy (she/her/hers)Jul 14, 2023
@[email protected] new keyboard system: we have control, super, meta, shift, and now, to replace alt-gr, pigeons
Show threads0 Is Not A SysadminJul 15, 2023
@amyipdev @benjojo we have lighting console GrandMA2/3 with “oops” and “please” buttons
Show threadBig Jesus Trashcan☑️🏴Jul 14, 2023
@benjojo Air Force has a whole book on geese
Show threadSamiJul 14, 2023
@benjojo we've got both kinds of buttons, "pigeons" and "slur"!
Show threadDragonheadJul 15, 2023
@benjojo Love me some chonky buttons like that!
Show threadSwindlerOfInsanityJul 15, 2023
@benjojo what a lovely soft glow. I miss buttons.
Show threadBlippy the Wonder Slug (MOVED)Jul 15, 2023
@benjojo
😜 I read the button below as BANG RANGE.
Show threadVirginicusJul 15, 2023
@benjojo“Defruit” is my favorite.
Show threadPeter MountJul 15, 2023

@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

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
Show threadDavid ThompsonJul 15, 2023
@benjojo @rgarner Right—how do we get this into the next version of Kubernetes?
Show threadPiškvor🇨🇿 🇺🇦Jul 17, 2023
@benjojo "Pigeons, SIr!"
Show threadChristopher MimsJul 17, 2023

@benjojo there's a radar museum??

bucket list

Show threadJeff JarvisJul 17, 2023
@benjojo
cc: @craignewmark
Show threadjohn spurlingJul 31, 2023
@benjojo Finally we know why birds suddenly appear: the pigeon button.
Show threadStilgherrianJul 31, 2023
@benjojo This strikes me as something @vampiress might enjoy.
Show threadRev. Poppy Haze 𓅋Jul 31, 2023
@benjojo one of the most common problems with ground radar are birds
Show threadTimothy WolodzkoJul 31, 2023
@benjojo That explains EVERYTHING.
Show threadPer LiedmanJul 31, 2023
@benjojo slightly related, this panel from a Swedish fighter aircraft has a mysterious "Malmö" button. Malmö is the third largest city in Sweden, but not sure why this warrants its own button.
Show threadMW1CFNJul 31, 2023
@benjojo Brings back memories. I was allowed to use an RAF radar console in the early 1990s to see if the lobes reached high enough to detect meteors (they didn't, and weren't expected to). I was just shown where it was, sat down and twiddled. They even brought me beer and sandwiches. Unimaginable today!
Show threadkapowazAug 3, 2023
@benjojo added to the set of novelties.
Show threadCher TailorMar 3, 2024
@benjojo Oh snap.