-=> On 02-15-20 06:22, poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
TL> Yep, sneakernet still has a place. :)
pF> No improvements in latency, but the bandwidth has gone through the
pF> roof!
True! :D
I can lower latency a bit for distances in the 60-400 metre range! :D
pF> Instead of a 1.44mb floppy, I recently sneakernetted 32 GB worth of
pF> database this week.
Yeah, definitely a lot more bandwidth available. :D
pF> "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of 9-track
pF> tapes..."
Haha true. :)
... The large print giveth and the small print taketh away.
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