pigeon racing itp

[Froogleyboy]

Okay, lately I've been wondering if anyone else here races homing pigeons. So, anyone?

[Soterion]

Well, I tried, but they always beat me to the finish line.

[Raiki]

I...didn't even know you could do that. :smallamused:

That is, however, awesome.

Where do you race them to and from?

And I've always wondered, how do you make them come back?

~R~

[Froogleyboy]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon_racing
here you go

[Syka]

I once heard about a contest between a 'high speed' ISP in South Africa and homing pigeons to see who could get a document from one office to another quickest.








The pigeons won, IIRC.

[Innis Cabal]

I once heard about a contest between a 'high speed' ISP in South Africa and homing pigeons to see who could get a document from one office to another quickest.








The pigeons won, IIRC.

Umm....thats probably not true. Unless it was from like, 2 feet away. Or a really bad connection...

[Soterion]

Umm....thats probably not true. Unless it was from like, 2 feet away. Or a really bad connection...

No, it's true. At least, according to Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5885PM20090909

[Syka]

No, it's true. At least, according to Reuters.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5885PM20090909

That's the one.


It's pretty much the fact that the infrastructure sucked, but I still lol'ed hard about that.

Keep in mind, economies like South Africa and such are considered emerging economies and the infrastructure for stuff like that can't always keep up with the demand. Hence, "download by pigeon" being faster.