[Nolug] Cyberspace not always the fastest way to xfer data

http://www.notes.co.il/benbasat/5240.asp

I reminds me of a quote I heard *many* moons ago: "never under-
estimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes".

He was referring to 9-track tapes vs. 56k leased lines, but the
premise is still the same: How many 2GB flash cards could you fit
in a minivan?

With tag-team drivers sleeping in the passenget seat, it could take
2 days (48 hours) to drive 3,000 miles The little plastic container
that flash cards come in are ~1.125 cu inches. If the back of a
minivan is 5'x4'x4', that's 11,520 cu in, fitting 10,240 chips, or
20.480TB. That averages out to 121.35MB/s.

Not too shabby!

Hitachi's new 400GB 3.5" hard drive would let you stuff 195.2TB
in the minivan, for a bandwidth of 1.16GB/s.

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Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
Jefferson, LA USA
"Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms [of
government] those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow
operations, perverted it into tyranny."
Thomas Jefferson
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