Captain Jack wrote:

> I remember reading about a company that had to send engineering drawings and 
> data between shops just at the dawn of modem technology. They investigated 
> micro-ficheing the data and use carrier pigeons to transfer it, because of 
> the volume of data. I don't know if it's true, but I've always loved that 
> story.

Oh, I'm sure they *investigated* it. Some PHB somewhere would probably 
think that's a great idea. Whether they ever *implemented* it is another 
matter entirely, of course. ;-)

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