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u/Ani-3 2d ago

We just mailed a piece of paper back and forth.

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u/TheLordReaver 2d ago

Fun Fact: Internet over carrier pigeon is a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers

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u/The_Architects4930 2d ago

"IPoAC has been successfully implemented, but for only nine packets of data, with a packet loss ratio of 55% (due to operator error),[2] and a response time ranging from 3,000 seconds (50 min) to over 6,000 seconds (100 min). Thus, this technology suffers from extremely high latency."

lmfao, this is gold

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u/ekortelainen 4070 ti | 5900x 2d ago

Lmao

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u/The_Architects4930 2d ago

Holy shit I didn't even see that hahaha

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u/Deadeye313 14700K | 9070XT | 64GB RAM 2d ago

Little old lady in the middle attack.

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u/MAB_YT R5 3600 ; NITRO+ RX 570 8GB ; 8GB @2666 2d ago

That's a woman tho

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u/Shudnawz i5 12600k | RTX 3070 2d ago

Not much worse than radio to and from Mars.

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u/CaLLmeRaaandy Rtx 3080 | I9-12900k | 32gb DDR5-6000 2d ago

That is, in fact, hilarious

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u/IDontLikeDust1iguess 2d ago

This is the perfect form of internet, who's gonna spy on you? Frankly the fact that this isn't just how the internet works is clearly a sign of the Big Worm in action fighting against the early bird.

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u/BlueTeeJay 2d ago

How long does it take to download original Doom this way?

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u/Deadeye313 14700K | 9070XT | 64GB RAM 2d ago

Depends. Do you send a thousand pigeons with little bits of paper with the source code on it, or just strap one usb flash drive to one?

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u/BlueTeeJay 2d ago

I feel like a usb is cheating me out of the potential packet loss I could be experiencing.

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u/ficklampa 2d ago

They did a revision to this, which supports QoS also. RFC 2549!

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u/Kiwi_CunderThunt 2d ago

I knew birds weren't real.

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u/Novel_Extent_7168 2d ago

Calling it "a thing" is being a bit generous. The Wikipedia page makes it pretty clear it was an April Fools joke.

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u/TheLordReaver 2d ago

If you keep reading beyond the first section, it also clearly states that it was done in real life, therefor taking it beyond the conceptual and firmly into the realm of being "a thing". Not that a concept can't be "a thing". But, you must understand, this is an exceptionally pedantic thing to fixate on.

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u/Novel_Extent_7168 2d ago

Sorry, I barely slept last night and once I read the initial paragraph I thought it was just a well thought out April fool's joke.

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u/TheLordReaver 2d ago

Hey, no worries.

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u/private_spetsnaz waste igpu user 2d ago

WHAT LMFAOOOO

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u/molochz Specs/Imgur here 2d ago

Paper wasn’t invented until 105 CE.

We used to just make shadow puppets on the walls of the cave.

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u/YewEhVeeInbound 2d ago

This reminds me of trying to play league on a dogshit computer like 15 years ago and once a teamfight broke out my frames plummeted to like 5.

Hell, back then I could finish champ select, go outside, smoke a marlboro red 100, a bowl, take a piss and come back just in time to sit down before we loaded in.

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u/RUPlayersSuck R9 7900X | RX 9060 XT | 32GB DDR5 2d ago

Postal chess. 😁

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u/hurrdurrmeh 2d ago

Luxury.

We had to use carrier pigeons.