Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet
Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet
Can a pigeon with 3 TB of flash drives outrun gigabit ISP transfers?
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Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.
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Yeah, but having that ping time of 36,000,000ms really kind of sucks.
224 0 ReplyError-correction for dropped packets is also pretty shit.
151 0 Replyoh, that's what's on my car.
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Also having to manually bring the pigeon back to the launching site, because pigeons only work one way.
25 0 ReplyWhat if you attached two one-way pigeons together to make a two-way pidgeon? It would probably take a piece of string, and a coconut...
28 0 ReplyIts UDP man
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What if you make it carry N+M separate flash drives configured in a Raid Z(M) format.. allowing for up to M-1 dropped packets.
1 0 ReplyThat help ensure data integrity provided the pigeon gets there, but would not help the pigeon get there any faster.
1 0 ReplyOops I think I replied to the wrong comment lol
Someone commented about error coreection
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