Silliness Pigeon transfers data faster than ADSL

Sweetpea · 09-11-2009, 04:30 AM

http://www.reuters.com/article/inter...5885PM20090909

So, how fast is your ADSL connection, measured in pigeons?

Donnageddon · 09-11-2009, 04:39 AM

Yeah, I heard that on the radio today.

But ADSL doesn't leave droppings all over the place.

... or does it?

Slite · 09-11-2009, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Donnageddon

Yeah, I heard that on the radio today.

But ADSL doesn't leave droppings all over the place.

... or does it?

What do you think Packetloss is?

kacir · 09-11-2009, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetpea

So, how fast is your ADSL connection, measured in pigeons?

Well, it depends on how are the rules set.

If we compute transferring of 160GB of data over 10 km, there are few technologies that can beat pigeons. A pigeon can easily carry ten 16GB microSD cards. (Pigeon can carry 25grams)

On the other hand, if you want to send 1MB of data from Norway to South Africa ...

FlorenceArt · 09-11-2009, 09:26 AM

Ah, that might explain why I get frozen images on my TV all the time... I forgot to feed the pigeon. Or is it a hamster? All these new technologies are so confusing.

zelda_pinwheel · 09-11-2009, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Ah, that might explain why I get frozen images on my TV all the time... I forgot to feed the pigeon. Or is it a hamster? All these new technologies are so confusing.

i thought they were squirrels ?

FlorenceArt · 09-11-2009, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i thought they were squirrels ?

Oh no, that must be the new upgrade, I missed it again

zelda_pinwheel · 09-11-2009, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Oh no, that must be the new upgrade, I missed it again

it's hard to keep track of all the evolutions !! technology moves so fast...

FlorenceArt · 09-11-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

it's hard to keep track of all the evolutions !! technology moves so fast...

Tell me about it - I was just getting used to my hamster 1.2 after upgrading from pigeon 0.5b. And I've got a whole bunch of seeds, will they be compatible or do I just throw them away?

zelda_pinwheel · 09-11-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by FlorenceArt

Tell me about it - I was just getting used to my hamster 1.2 after upgrading from pigeon 0.5b. And I've got a whole bunch of seeds, will they be compatible or do I just throw them away?

that's what drives me the most crazy with all these upgrades !! you stock up on seeds for pigeon 0.5b because you find a good deal, then you upgrade, and now you've got this stock of completely useless birdseed ! i've not heard any tests but i would be worried that pigeon 0.5b is incompatible and could damage the processor of the hamster 1.2. on the other hand, perhaps squirrel 0.1beta will be more backwards compatible, after all, don't people with bird feeders always complain the squirrels are stealing all the food ?

Slite · 09-11-2009, 09:41 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

i thought they were squirrels ?

Carrier-squirrels?

Sparrow · 09-11-2009, 09:43 AM

I must have a fast connection - all my downloads are totally flocked.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 09-11-2009, 09:45 AM

Carrier pigeons are at least officially documented in the Internet RFCs - number 1149: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

(yes, rehashing the joke I made here

)

FlorenceArt · 09-11-2009, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ShortNCuddlyAm

Carrier pigeons are at least officially documented in the Internet RFCs - number 1149: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

Very funny

pshrynk · 09-11-2009, 10:15 AM

I've heard a rumor that Llamas 2.0 are coming out soon, but has lots of Bugs 1.4 in them.

09-11-2009, 04:30 AM	#1
Sweetpea Grand Sorcerer Posts: 9,707 Karma: 32763414 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Krewerd Device: Pocketbook Inkpad 4 Color; Samsung Galaxy Tab S6	Pigeon transfers data faster than ADSL http://www.reuters.com/article/inter...5885PM20090909 So, how fast is your ADSL connection, measured in pigeons?

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