I think this is awesome... I can't even imagine the overhead of unpacking and then "scanning" each of those letters by hand and yet, and this was still: higher bandwidth, lower latency, and a more secure transmission method.

Also a big reminder of just how far we've come as I sit here about to communicate with the entire world almost instantly.

Finally, it also reminds me of one of my favorite RFCs, "IP over Avian Carriers with Quality of Service": https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2549