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

"Petri Laihonen" <pietu@weblizards.net> writes:

>>> > How much time did it take to load up all the flash cards?
>>> > How about downloading the data on the other end?
>>> > Was it included in the equation?
>>>
>>> It probably wasn't, but it would be negligible. Load up the flash
>>> card, attach to pigeon, release, repeat.
>>
>> I think he was talking about having to manually insert each flash
>> card into a reader, mv the data, and then remove it.
>>
> Exactly!
>
> Additionally the flash cards I have been using are not that fast to
> transfer data. They have been only 256Mb (I have not tested the Gb level
> Micro Drives) It could also be due to USB speed limitations.
>
> Therefore it might actually take several days to put the data into those
> flash cards and then read on the other end.

Well that's the "latency" or "delay" of the link, not the bandwidth. ;)

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