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First 500 Terabytes Transmitted via LHCGlobal Grid

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-but-most-of-it-was-zeroes dept.

neutron_p writes "When the LHC Computer Grid starts operating in 2007, it will be the most data-intensive physics instrument on the planet. Today eight major computing centers successfully completed a challenge to sustain a continuous data flow of 600 megabytes per second on average for 10 days from CERN in Geneva, Switzerland to seven sites in Europe and the US. The total amount of data transmitted during this challenge -- 500 terabytes -- would take about 250 years to download using a typical 512 kilobit per second household broadband connection."

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  1. FUCK YOU! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    n/t

  2. Re:Great! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Why the fuck would you want to watch porn at HDTV quality?

    You want to see all the shit flakes on the cock after a good ass reaming and the acne on the bitch's ass?

  3. Re:But will.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    At least you won't have to download 80MB of kernel-source to fix the roolt-exploit of the day, like you have to with that joke-OS Linux.

    I see it coming: once Longhorn is out, the Gnome-developers will hurry to add some "eye candy" to their shitty API which will of course not run as fast or look as sleek as the original, but instead just add more layers of useless and senseless bloat to the kernel.

    Stupid talentless copycats that they are.