Researcher Runs IP Network Over Xylophones
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from the like-y'-do dept.
from the like-y'-do dept.
joabj writes"Following up on experiments of running Internet Protocol(IP)-based networks withcarrier pigeons or bongos, UofC grad student R. Stuart Geiger has demonstratedthat it is possible to transmit simple ping requests across two computers using people playing xylophones. Throughput is roughly 1 baud, when the participants don't make any mistakes, or get bored and wander off. The OSI encapsulated model of networking makes this project doable, allowing humans to be inserted at Layer 1, the physical layer. Vint Cerf wasn't kidding when he used to say, 'IP on Everything.'"
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