1010110101010101101010101010101010101010101010110010101010101010101010101010101 0101010101011010010101000100100010101011010101010101010010100101001010101010010 1010100101010010101010100101010101010010101010010101001010101010010101010010101 0101010101010101010101101101010110101010101101001010010110101010101010100101010 0101010101010010101011010101010010110110101101001101001100101010101010101010101 01010101010101010101Hey.0101010101010101011010101010101010101010101010100010110 1010101010101010101010111010110101010110101010110101001010Hey, what's up?101011 1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101101010110101010101001011010101 1101010101010101010100101010101101010101010101101010101101010101010101010101010 1011001010101010110101010101010110101010101010101010101010101001011010010101010 01010101010110101010101Nothing much, just passing through.101010101010101010101 1011010101010100101010100101001010101010101010110101101010101010101010010101010 1010101101010101010110101010101010101101010101010101010101001011010101010101010 01010101010101What are you carrying?1101010101010110110110101010101010010101010 1010101010101010110010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101001010101010 1010110101010101101011010101010101011010101010110101010101010101010101010101001 0101101001010110010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101010101010100101010 1010101101010101010101010101011001101010101001010110101010101010110101010010101 1010100101001010101010100101010101010110010101010100101010010101010101010101010 10101010101010101010101101011010101010101A 90 kilobyte picture of bird. I think it’s a canary. What about you?1010101010100101010101010101010101011010101010101 0101010101010101010101010101010100101101010101010101010101010100101010101101010 1010101010101010101010101010100101010101010101010101010110101010101010101010100 1101010101001101010101010101101011010010110101010101010010101001010110101010101 0101010101010001010001000101000101110010110101001010101010101010101010101010100 1010100101010101010101010101001101010101010010101010101010110010011010010101100 101001A 12 gigabyte file of Avatar: The Way of Water in HD. I'm pretty sure its pirated, too. The DRM is all scratched off.101010101010101010011010101010101010 1010101010101110101010101001010101010101010100101100101001010101010010101010101 0101010101010101010101010010101010100101001010101010010101001010101010100101010 1010010101010101010100101010101010010101010100101010101010101010100101010101010 0101011010100101010101010110100110101010101010110101010101010101010100101010101 010101010101010010101010101010101001101001Yikes, that's a burden.10101010101010 1010101101010110101010101010101010101010101101010100101010101101010101010101010 1101010100110101010010111011010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010101 0110101010101010101010101101010101010101010101101010101010101101010101010101010 1101010101010101011010101010101010101010101011Yeah, plus this guy's got a whole VPN set up, so I'm gonna have to sit through encryption.10101010101010101010101 0101010101101010101010100101011011010101010101010101010101010101010111010101010 1101010101101010101010101101010101010101010101101011010101010101010101010110010 1101010101010101011001101011001101010101101010101010101011010101010101010101010 1001100101100110101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 010Geez. I had one like that a few nanoseconds ago. I miss back in the old days of floppy disks. The packet sizes were practically nil.101010101010101010101010 1010101011101101010110101010101010101010101010101010100101101010011010101010101 0101010010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101011001101011 0011010101010011001010101010101010110101010101010101010101010101011010101011010 0110101010101010101010101001010101010101101010101001100101011010100101010101010 1010101101010101010101010100101010101010101001010101010101010010101011101011010 1010110101010100010101010010101101010101010101010101010101010101101010101010101 010101010010101010101011011010101010Wow, I didn't know I ran into an old timer. How long have you been operational?10101101101010101010101010101010110101101101 1101010110101010101101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 0101010101010101001010101011001101010100101010101010101100110101010101010101010 0101100101010110010101010101010110010101010101010101010101010010101010101010101 0101110101010101010101010101010101010110101101010101010101010101010101101010101 011010110101010101011010Since the 90's kid. You don't really see my type around anymore. I run out of an old computer lab in Marathon City, Wisconson. I've got some upgrades here and there, but my motherboard's all original.101010110101101 0101010101010101001010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 0101010010101010101010101010010101010101010101010010101010101010101010101010101 0101010101001010101011010101010101010100101010101010101010101010101010101010010 1101010101010101010010101010001101010101010101010100101010101010101010101010101 0101010101101010101010That's so sweet. So tell me, since you've been around for so long, what do you think of all the new-fangled "generative ai" that has been taking up so much of the traffic?1010101010101010101010110101010101010101010101 1010101010101010011010101010101010101010101010101010101001011010101010101010010 1010101101010101010011010101010101010101010101010110110011010101010101010101010 1101010101010101010101101010101010101011010101010101001011010100110101010101010 1010101010101010101101010101010101010101101010101010101010101010101010110101010 101010101010101010101010101010101011It's the same old same old. I remember when they made smart phones. Everyone was freaking out. There wouldn't be a need for a personal computer when the whole internet's in the palm of their hand. That's what we'd thought anyway. But see, I'm still going, and carrying a nice picture of a yellow birdie along with me.1010101011111010101000101010010111010010101010 1011010101010101010101010101010101010101010100101101010101001010101100101010101 0110101010101001100110100101010101010101011001011101010100101100101010110101011 1010101011010101010101010110101010010101010101010101001010101010101010101010101 0101010101010100110010101011010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010110101 0101010101010101010010101010101010010101010101010101010101010010101101010101001 0101100101010101010101010101010100101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101 01Thanks old timer. I hope to catch you again sometime when I'm passing through this cable.10101010110101010101010101010101010101001101010111010101011010101010 1010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010100101010110101010010110010 1100101110010101010101010101011010101010100101101010101010101010101010101010101 0101010101001011001010101101001011010101010101010101010101010101010101010101010 1010101010101010100101010101010101010100110011010101001101010101010101010101010 1010101101010101010101010110010110010101010101010101010101010010101101010101010 1010010110101010101010101010101010101011011010110101010101010101010101010101010 1010101010011010110110101010101101010Bye kid, but don't get your hopes up There are billions and billions of us now and we're all moving at the speed of light.