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Mailing Disks is Faster than Uploading Data

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the data-access-versus-data-excess dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Who would ever, in this time of the greatest interconnectivity in human history, go back to shipping bytes around via snail mail as a preferred means of data transfer? Jim Gray would do it, that's who. And we're not just talking about Zip disks, no sir. We're talking about shipping entire hard drives, or even complete computer systems, packed full of disks. David Patterson (one of the developers of both RISC and RAID) interviews ACM Turing Award winner Jim Gray." Back in school we always had a saying, "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with backup tapes." Seems like that still holds true.

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  1. Uhhhh.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [typical Slashdotter]

    What's a station wagon?

    [/typical Slashdotter]

  2. YOU FAIL IT! FIRST POSTS ARE FOR TROLLS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your fp is claimed for trolls and crapflooders.

  3. Only on Slashdot by agent+dero · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This must be a real slow news day.

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  4. high ping == less spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I get much less "enlarge your penis!" stuff in snail-mail than e-mail.

    Actually, that's not a property of the high ping. It's because snail-mail spam costs real money to the sender.

  5. Re:The bandwith is there, you just can't have it. by AceM2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Clinton got a BJ and Bush lies to Congress and the American people.. who gets treated worse?

    Clinton lied to Congress and the American people as well..

    To answer your question though.. I would say Bush. ;P Clinton got a blowjob, got re-elected, and has made millions of dollars since leaving office.