9 Oct
2001
9 Oct
'01
1:33 p.m.
IP over carrier pigeon!!
UUCP over floppies ferried by cars! BLEEEAAAAAARGH!!
Peace... Sridhar 
3:08 p.m.
New subject: ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologiesu
Haven't
carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nope, people still use carrier pigeons.
You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon. The last one died in 1914. 
11 Oct
11 Oct
11:04 a.m.
New subject: ArcNet and the Pursuit of Multiple Topologiesu
Yes, the Passenger Pigeon died out because people kept sitting on them.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
I get those mixed up. Thanks.
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Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before
IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nope, people still use carrier pigeons.
You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon. The last one died in 1914. 
9 Oct
9 Oct
3:22 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
They must have been big suckers to carry passengers :)
- don
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long
before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nope, people still use carrier pigeons.
You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon. The last one died in 1914.
ok
r.
10 Oct
10 Oct
4:58 a.m.
Rumor has it that Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) may have mentioned these words:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Don Maslin wrote:
I would think that a pigeon big enough to carry passengers would be likely
to become extinct!
Yea, but that'd be a *big* pigeon-roast!!! ;-)
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon.
They must have been big suckers to
carry passengers :) 
13 Oct
13 Oct
7:13 p.m.
They must have been big suckers to carry passengers :)
No, the passengers are just very small. Parasites, bacteria,
and viruses, west nile among them.
Don Maslin wrote:
>
> On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, r. 'bear' stricklin wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
> >
> > > Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
> > > developed?
> >
> > Nope, people still use carrier pigeons.
> >
> > You're thinking of the Passenger Pigeon. The last one died in 1914.
> >
> > ok
> > r.
> >
>
They must have been big suckers to carry passengers :)
>
> - don
9 Oct
9 Oct
2:15 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Eric Dittman wrote:
Unless I'm mistaken Dave is talking about a transmittion method that's
actually been used. There is actually an RFC for it.
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct...
IP over
carrier pigeon!!
UUCP over floppies ferried by cars! BLEEEAAAAAARGH!!
Peace... Sridhar --
Eric Dittman
dittman(a)dittman.net
Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at http://www.dittman.net/
Peter Wallace
5:36 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
Haven't
carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct... 
6:17 p.m.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dan Linder wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
Different species.
Peace... Sridhar
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct... 
7:32 p.m.
Passenger pigeons carry people but Carrier Pigeons carry war planes :-)
--Chuck
At 09:36 PM 10/9/01 -0500, you wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct... 
8:07 p.m.
Carrier pigeons haul freight. Passenger pigeons seat 24, 12 standees.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Dan Linder wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct... 
10 Oct
10 Oct
5:51 a.m.
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
Baud rate and trellis encoding.
Bill
--
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Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct...
13 Oct
13 Oct
7:22 p.m.
The passenger pigeon prefers to be on top ?
Dan Linder wrote:
On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, Peter C. Wallace wrote:
okay, I'll bite... what's the difference between a "carrier pigeon" and
a
"passenger pigeon"?
- Dan
Dan Linder / dlinder @ uiuc.edu
Graduate Student, College of Engineering, Dept. of Computer Science
- Dept. of Computer Science Teaching Assistant
- DRES Computer Accessibility Researcher
Haven't carrier pigeons been extinct long before IP and UUCP were
developed?
Nah, Its passenger pigeons taht are extinct...
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