Couldn't resist sharing this one with those likely to be familiar with RFC 1149. Most amusing part of the news story is when the pigeon hit a window so someone commented "Windows causing problems again" :-) DPF

Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 09:24:30 -0800 To: jwarren(a)well.com, farber(a)cis.upenn.edu, declan(a)well.com From: Ron Avitzur Subject: Pigeon-powered Internet takes flight

Pigeon-powered Internet takes flight

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5825807.html

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One of the Internet's most obscure technologies came to life last weekend: transmitting network information by carrier pigeon.

In 1990, David Waitzman wrote RFC 1149, a tongue-in-cheek standard for using pigeons to transfer information using the Internet Protocol (IP). On Saturday, a group of Linux enthusiasts in Bergen, Norway, succeeded in exchanging some data using the Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol (CPIP).

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