A SLOW way to communicate....by design.
So we try to do things quick....check out this German experiment that spans DECADES AND DECADES...more than a century:
132 Year Old Message In A Bottle Turns Up On Australian Beach!!!!!!
That is slllllllllllllllllllllllow. I wonder what the rate of speed (bps) would calculate out to be, based on # chars. lol
Or did I get carried away with the zeroes?
Anyone know the msg length??!
132 Year Old Message In A Bottle Turns Up On Australian Beach!!!!!! 
That is slllllllllllllllllllllllow. I wonder what the rate of speed (bps) would calculate out to be, based on # chars. lol
.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 something?
Or did I get carried away with the zeroes?

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World’s oldest message in a bottle came from a Dutch jenever distillery
I like this article. It's from a Dutch newspaper, so of course, the focus is on the Dutch bottle, not the message!
Good job, editors!