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"Invisible" <voi### [at] dev null> wrote in message
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> Somebody suggested that by burning data onto a CD-ROM and getting students
> to cycle to the other side of Cambridge with the CDs in backpacks, you
> could achieve several GB/s mean transfer rate. Of course, the packet
> latency would be about 25 minutes each way…
I remember reading about a company that had to send engineering drawings and
data between shops just at the dawn of modem technology. They investigated
micro-ficheing the data and use carrier pigeons to transfer it, because of
the volume of data. I don't know if it's true, but I've always loved that
story.
--
Jac
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"scott" <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote in message
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>> How do you burn data to a DVD-ROM?
>
> You mean you can burn data to a CD-ROM now? :-O
I tried burning a CD once... it'll never replace beer, I can tell you that
right now.
:-D
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Jack
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Captain Jack wrote:
> I remember reading about a company that had to send engineering drawings and
> data between shops just at the dawn of modem technology. They investigated
> micro-ficheing the data and use carrier pigeons to transfer it, because of
> the volume of data. I don't know if it's true, but I've always loved that
> story.
Oh, I'm sure they *investigated* it. Some PHB somewhere would probably
think that's a great idea. Whether they ever *implemented* it is another
matter entirely, of course. ;-)
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Captain Jack wrote:
>> to cycle to the other side of
> I remember reading
Obligatory xkcd:
http://xkcd.com/691/
I like the roll-over text.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:18:55 -0500, Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> But man was it slow compared to the modern Internet.
>
> Those old-school tubes get more efficient the more data you have to
> send. Say you put a harddrive in the tube, the effective bandwidth would
> be vast compared to even the fastest LAN... ;-D
As long as it doesn't smash into the 'landing pad'. ;-)
>>But it was quite
>> nostalgic. :-)
>
> Ah, nostalgia. Whatever happened to that?
It ain't what it used to be, that's for sure. :-)
Jim
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On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:53:31 -0500, Warp wrote:
> How do you burn data to a DVD-ROM?
The way I'd do it is produce an ISO and ship it off to be pressed....
Jim
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Darren New wrote:
> Obligatory xkcd:
> http://xkcd.com/691/
>
> I like the roll-over text.
...now scroll up a few posts and see that I already did this exact one. ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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Invisible wrote:
> Bill Pragnell wrote:
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>> welcome to povray.off-topic.pedantry
>
> Pedantry? Isn't that a place where you store cheese?
No, it is where you store your feet to keep them fresh.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> I have hard time parsing that question.
>
> It *is* messed up. The usual question is something like
>
> You have a race two miles long. For the first mile, one car goes 60MPH
> and the other goes 30MPH. How fast does the other car have to go to
> finish the race at the same time as the one going 60MPH?
>
In the time it takes the second car to go one mile, the first car
finishes the race.
...Chambers
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Chambers wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> I have hard time parsing that question.
>>
>> It *is* messed up. The usual question is something like
>>
>> You have a race two miles long. For the first mile, one car goes 60MPH
>> and the other goes 30MPH. How fast does the other car have to go to
>> finish the race at the same time as the one going 60MPH?
>>
>
> In the time it takes the second car to go one mile, the first car
> finishes the race.
That's the trick question. Of course, this one was poorly worded, because I
said "for the first mile" and I intended that to refer to the faster car. If
it refers to the slower car, yes, it's a trick question. It shows whether
you actually think before you answer. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
I get "focus follows gaze"?
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