Pingfs: Stores your data in ICMP ping packets (2020)

It's humbling to know that the RAM of computers like ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 would fit in a single IP packet. It took minutes to load that "paket" from cassette tape.

A software version of a mercury delay line! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-line_memory

Obligatory Tom7 reference: [Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio)

He stores data in ICMP ping packets, but also Tetris board states, among others. If you are not familiar with Tom7, let this be an introduction to a heavyweight whimsical internet nerd

The concept is widely covered in the amazing book Silence on the Wire[1] by Michal Zalewski. I wish he or someone else would write modern equivalent (or at least a new, updated edition) of the book.

[1] https://nostarch.com/silence.htm

Reminded me of GNU Terry Pratchett[1].

[1]: http://www.gnuterrypratchett.com/

makes me wonder if a sufficiently large number of connected nodes can represent bits via their online/offline status, and their network graph representing "memory"

Router designers hate him...

Srsly... the ram inside a core router is some of the most precious resources around... this is an ooold idea.. people were doing at least as far back as the 2000s.. i showed them how our router (Avici TSR) worked and said "please don't use the super fancy fabric temporary store for this."

This kills the router designer.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9844725 (2015, great comments)

Every time someone does something like this, I recall this post from Xe:

https://xeiaso.net/blog/anything-message-queue/