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SA's Largest Telecomms Provider vs. a Pigeon
dagwud writes "Just a few days after this Slashdot article, South Africa's largest telecoms provider, Telkom (which has been taking flak for years for its shoddy and overpriced service), is being pitted against a homing pigeon to see which can deliver 4GB of call centre data logs quickest over a distance of around 80km (50 miles). According to the official website, the race is set to take place September 10."
...African or European?
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of pigoens hurtling down the highway.
pigeowned.
1 (short ton / firkin) = 89.1432354 slugs / keg
As someone else mentioned, it would be RAIP, not RAID
RAIP: Redundant Array of Independent Pigeons.
No, but they were allowed to assume a spherical truck.
I've been a customer for years, and I haven't noticed any problems. (Oh, and first post BTW.)
So now you won't using ethereal to sniff packets. But a shotgun.
> no, yes, maybe (tagging beta)
Yes fried pigeon is quite yummy. Unfortunately since a serious bird flue outbreak a few years ago all over Mainland they tripled in price so we don't eat pigeon so often any more, maybe a few times a year, down from twice a month at least. They haven't come down in price really. You can still get them fresh in the market as well (the vendor will kill and pluck the pigeon for you). I live in Hong Kong, for the record.
And you have to remember to remove the SD cards from the pigeon before chucking it in the pan.
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