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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."
relative when you're dealing with terabytes of data
They should be recompressing all those movies to Xvid, then they wouldnt have that bandwidth issue. I mean isn't that what you would do if you had a network dedicated to "research"? (the above post was meant to be humorous, not trollish)
sig?
Me: Hello, I am a researcher and I would like access to this network
Them: And what is your field of research, sir?
Me: Why, I am researching human biology and behaviour in group situations.
Them: Well that sounds very interesting. How exactly would having 10 Gbps help you.
Me: Glad you asked. First I download all the pr0n I can find, then I watch it...
Them: Look, this is about the 1000th application we have had that wants to download porn. Good day, sir.
Me: But, but....
Them: I said good day!
Chaos will always win out over order because chaos is more organized
This is really not so different from how the present internet got started. Will researchers pave the way for a new international fiberoptic network?
When things get complex, multiply by the complex conjugate.
how does this compare to a station wagon full of DVDs hurtling down the highway?
More than you can shake a uh... stick at?