Researcher Runs IP Network Over Xylophones

Posted by timothy on Sunday May 13, 2012 @03:13AM from the like-y'-do dept.

joabj writes "Following up on experiments of running Internet Protocol(IP)-based networks with carrier pigeons or bongos, UofC grad student R. Stuart Geiger has demonstrated that 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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Re:they forgot to add parity notes by kheldan · 2012-05-13 03:54 · Score: 3, Interesting

Play major chords. If a note is incorrect then the chord is dissonant and you have an error condition.

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Re:UofC? by catmistake · 2012-05-13 05:19 · Score: 3, Interesting

In California, we call it UC Berkeley.
i.e. yoo see burr clee, and even that is incorrect, as the town and the school where named after Bishop Berkeley of "if a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" fame. His name is pronounced BAR clee.
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