Researcher Only High Bandwidth Network

Icarus1919 writes "A brand-new 10 gigabit per second per user optical fiber network is now available to researchers in the U.S. (compared to Internet2, which offers only 10 gigabits of bandwidth total, regardless of the number of users). The National Lambda Rail, as it is known, is named for the 40 different wavelengths of light it uses to send data within the fiber network. In the past, researchers have complained about the relatively (relative when you're dealing with terabytes of data) small bandwidth they can access to send data, and the addition of the NLR will most likely be a boon to research."

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Re:Stop the Press!

[mcrbids]

Technically, any IP-based network could be called "internet" but "Internet" is a specific network, that one which I post this note to.

Of course, why knock George on "Internets" when he can't even say "nuclear" without sounding like a gen-yoo-wine redneck....

It scares me that such an dolt could actually be in one of the most powerful seats in the free world. Bush's campaign has been something on the order of

"Yessir, I drove the truck right off the cliff, but I did so calmly and deliberately, and I never waivered. I'd do it again, too."

What's even sicker is that people are buying it enough to make this a very close race! Which brings me to perhaps the most insightful quote I've ever seen:

"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity" - Heinlein