[ih] Why TCP?

[Vint Cerf]

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 5:43 PM, Jack Haverty <jack at 3kitty.org> wrote:

>
> We even mused about extreme networking.  For example, TCP/IP should be
> able to utilize a "network" implemented using carrier pigeons for
> transport, with each pigeon carrying a small tube with a strip of paper
> containing one packet of data.
>
> As far as I know, no one ever did that...


yeah, they did - there's even an RFC about it, I think, from UK.


see also YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQCZH9Lp8uo

The audio and auto-caption is hilariously disconnected.

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/09/08/29/1934251/pigeon-protocol-finds-a-practical-purpose

http://www.cnet.com/news/pigeon-powered-internet-takes-flight/

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