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Visualizing Ethernet Speed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the poor-rat dept.

anthemaniac writes "In the blink of an eye, you can transfer files from one computer to another using Ethernet. And in the same amount of time, your eye sends signals to the brain. A study finds that images transferred to the brain and files across an Ethernet network take about the same amount of time." From the article: "The researchers calculate that the 100,000 ganglion cells in a guinea pig retina transmit roughly 875,000 bits of information per second. The human retina contains about 10 times more ganglion cells than that of guinea pigs, so it would transmit data at roughly 10 million bits per second, the researchers estimate. This is comparable to an Ethernet connection, which transmits information between computers at speeds of 10 million to 100 million bits per second."

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  1. So if I plug enough CAT5 cables into it... by Siguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...I can use my guinea pig as a router?

    1. Re:So if I plug enough CAT5 cables into it... by evanbd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, apparently you have to plug the cables into its eye sockets, and cramming more than one into each is probably hard. So more of a bridge than a router, I think...

  2. but what about pirates with eye patches?! by cryptonix · · Score: 3, Funny

    Arr! they only get 10/half

    1. Re:but what about pirates with eye patches?! by ozbird · · Score: 3, Funny

      Arr! they only get 10/half

      With parroty?