The first packet sent via RFC1149 avian carrier is up for auction at Christie's

(onlineonly.christies.com)

43 points

by peter_hansteen13 hours ago |

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by podunkPDX14 minutes ago|

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I want this but not at the estimated final price.

A girlfriend preordered the first iPhone, and when she sent me an email, I noticed the default signature, "Sent from my iPhone."

I have since set my sig for email and anything else that allows it to "Sent via RFC1149" with a link the actual RFC.

I've gotten a few chuckles over the years.

by noisy_boy2 hours ago|

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> One printed IP/ICMP "ping" packet sent by carrier pigeon per RFC 1149.

Is that the entire packet shown in the picture frame? So the price is 1k+ USD for the frame? Because anyone can type that and get it printed/framed for considerably less. What am I missing?

by flufluflufluffy1 hours ago|

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It’s the literal piece of paper that was transported by the pigeon and it’s signed by the author of RFC 1149. A little piece of Internet history ephemera.

by elsonrodriguez1 hours ago|

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May I interest you in Franklin D. Roosevelt's personal Zippo lighter?

by gerdesj1 hours ago|

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No but do you have his last Apple phone? The one with the tar stains on the mouthpiece.

by etothepii2 hours ago|

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Is there a prediction market for the ultimate sale price?

by maxrev1727 minutes ago|

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Polymarket?

by PunchyHamster1 hours ago|

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Should've added a stuffed pidgeon

by sublinear6 hours ago|

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> ... embodying the playfulness, technical ingenuity, and collaborative spirit that characterized the early Internet community.

We're now considering 2001 "the early internet community"? Some people must still have whiplash from how quickly things changed. Shopping malls were already feeling the impact of ecommerce by this point.

Also, in hindsight, the 2000s wasn't really all that collaborative compared to now.

by dn35004 hours ago|

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The internet was 19 years old in 2001, and it's 44 now. To me, turning off the NSF backbone in 1995 marks the end of the early internet, because that's when commercial traffic was allowed everywhere with no restrictions. So I'm with you, but others will have different opinions.

by djtango4 hours ago|

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In 2001 downloading a video could take days and the phone ringing could torpedo that download. Playing RTS games online was like a game of russian roulette

by excannuk26 minutes ago|

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by slipperybeluga57 minutes ago|

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