TCP/IP over toy train

[Prometheus]

Just read it.

 

[Darkknight512]

Yea, I saw this over on Hack A Day yesterday. its pretty cool, but not as cool as the Pigeon Transfer Protocol! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers


IPoAC!

 

[Binky]

But once you add block siganling, pointwork, automatic route calculation, message priority and subnet repeater systems, you have the esence of impractical awesome!


Unfortunately I have at least three prodjects hibernating in a cupboard already. <_<

 

[EvilDragon]

And a firewall is a model brick wall on the tracks?

 

[Binky]

...With a hole shaped so that only the right shape of train will fit though.

 

[Darkknight512]

Then whats a proxy server? "untraceable" teleportation pad?

 

[Binky]

Tranfer sidings; wagons with USB sticks arrive, and the content is copied to another set of wagons on a different set of tracks.