Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Snails are faster than ADSL

Researchers at KinnerNet have developed a snail-based data transfer protocol (SNAP), and have proven beyond a hair of doubt that snails do indeed transfer data faster than both carrier pigeons and ADSL. This summary article is hilarious, as is the full paper (PDF) that details the new protocol (both include great pictures).

(Via BoingBoing)

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