A Standard for the Transmission of Gin via Silica Containers

This memo describes an experimental method for the encapsulation of gin in silica containers. This specification is primarily useful in metropolitan areas, although provided sufficient infrastructure exists, it is extensible to any inhabited area. This memo represents best practices. Distribution of this memo is unlimited, provided that all copyright notices remain attached.

Silica containers can provide durable, heat- and cold-resistant service for the transmission of gin from the Distillery to Distribution Points, retransmission from Distribution Points to Endpoints, and from Endpoints to Consumers, in a scalable, portable fashion. This connection scheme is a member of the point-to-point transmission family, but allows reencapsulation of the payload. For all practical implementations, store-and-forward technology is a prerequisite, and the delivery from Distribution Point to Endpoint to Consumer requires storage-and-forward, reencapsulation, and a one-to-many relationship between Distribution Points and Endpoints. A one-to-many relationship between Endpoints and Consumers is encouraged but not required in practice.

The payload is placed within silica containers, typically cylindrical, although rectangular prisms are also employed, and no particular format or size has been established as clearly superior. For delivery purposes, same-size form factors with regular faces allows for better packing of the payload, but in practice this appears to make minimal difference. For transport to any point but Consumer, it is recommended that the silica container be sealed, as the transmission distance often causes payload corruption or loss.

There is no demand that the communications strictly follow the order listed in the Overview, save only that Distillery be the first step and Consumer the last, and intermediary points may be left off for effficiency and reduction of latency. However, in the field, the listed order proves the simplest and most reliable mode of delivery. Since silica is sometimes lacking in durability, it may be replaced with synthetic containers, although typically there appears to be a weak relationship between the quality of the container and the quality of gin service. An external transport mechanism is required between each communications point. Typical delivery to a Consumer involves removing the payload from the original container and reencapsulating it in a [usually unsealed] smaller frame, thus necessitating the source to provide storage for unconsumed payload, at risk of dropping the excess on the floor. Delivery to the Consumer may become increasingly unreliable as more and more gin is delivered successfully, and the communications may be terminated altogether when a system-dependent limit is reached. Combination with other payloads is often seen in practice. Ice is optional.

Security of payload varies based upon criteria established by the downstream link partner, potentially propagating through to the distillery, but is often limited to a seal around the initial payload, removed at first reencapsulation. Excessive payload may lead to breaches of security in other applications, as well as dizziness.

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