So with the release yesterday of RFC4824, The Transmission of IP Datagrams over the Semaphore Flag Signaling System (SFSS), one has to wonder… which of the vendors will be the first to attempt to implement VoIP transmission in this medium? I think it would make for a rather slower conversation, but it would certainly be intriguing. Hmmm… I wonder which would be faster – this method? Or the avian method defined in RFC2549. Probably this one, methinks.
Oh, you have to love a standards body with a sense of humor…
I like to think that I invented the method of sending IP datagrams via taxi cab. Encoding datagrams onto some suitable medium (e.g. usb key drive, floppy disk or even a piece of paper) you have a one-way transmission system. Because an answer is not guaranteed, it’s crucial to use forward error correction (like a radio pager) and send the message several times over, using a number of different taxis.