[NetBehaviour] IETF RFC 1437 Extension of MIME Content-Types: Sentient Life-Form Transport

[Paul Hertz]

OMG, SuperCard! Not to mention its worthy predecessor, in pace resquiescat.

One plug-in to rule them all,

Paul


On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM Andy Deck via NetBehaviour <
netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:

>
> Be sure to add the new  matter-transport/sentient mime type to my
> Plug/Inventory when it gets sorted out!  It's dedicated to remembering all
> the various formats, plugins, and browser experiences that are being
> forgotten. However, near-future mime types are also welcome.
>
> Plug/Inventory was originally released in 2003. Although it could use an
> upgrade, it isn't too dysfunctional for a laptop or desktop browser.
>
> https://artcontext.org/act/01/mime/docs/sitemap.php?js=1
>
>  Andy Deck
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 11:12 AM Bjørn Magnhildøen via NetBehaviour <
> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>
>> Btw the human genome project was completed in April (1st?) ten years
>> after, in 2003. DNA.zip is less than 1 gb, should work
>>
>> On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, 17:58 Paul Hertz via NetBehaviour, <
>> netbehaviour at lists.netbehaviour.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear NetBehaviourists,
>>>
>>> The Internet Engineering Task Force Request for Comments 1437 outlines
>>> an Extension of MIME Content-Types to include the:
>>>
>>>     matter-transport/sentient life-form transport
>>>     https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1437
>>>
>>> to support life-bearing email (for example). Careful implementation of
>>> this protocol and its attendant engineering standards would enable us to
>>> visit other NetBehaviour subscribers without having to pay airfare. For
>>> those of us living in the Untied States of America, the possibility of
>>> emailing ourselves into democracies (talkin' about you, Canada and Mexico)
>>> could prove a welcome alternative to actually implementing one ourselves.
>>>
>>> Thanks to AI's capacity for predicting the content of internet packets *before
>>> they arrive* (just the latest development in our mad rush to the
>>> future), we could even find ourselves transported into a democracy before
>>> we so much as conceive of the possibility, if our friends will only harness
>>> the power of AI and provide us with lots of server space.
>>>
>>> I will nominate Alan Sondheim as the first test subject, i.e., Internet
>>> Transport Pioneer, to attempt Transport to a Democracy. If he arrives
>>> unscrambled and right side up, I will follow. UK subscribers, check your
>>> Spam folders, just in case AI has already sent us your way.
>>>
>>> Tell me you are working on this, please.
>>>
>>> all best,
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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