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Re: Raspberry Pi 3?

From Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: Raspberry Pi 3?
Date 2016-06-11 11:04 +0200
Organization Me, Myself and I
Message-ID <8q0t2d-edt.ln1@sambook.reistad.name> (permalink)
References <njemf2$c9r$1@dont-email.me> <ds0i3aFc6elU48@mid.individual.net> <MPG.31c52bdca9d3d48798a237@news.eternal-september.org>

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In article <MPG.31c52bdca9d3d48798a237@news.eternal-september.org>,
J. Clarke <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> wrote:
>In article <ds0i3aFc6elU48@mid.individual.net>, news0006@eager.cx 
>says...
>> 
>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2016 16:30:40 +0100, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339 wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> The comparison I like stems from the old joke about the bandwdith 
>> provided by a van loaded with magtapes.

That was a thought experiment by Andrew S Tanenbaum, network theorist.

>> These days it's a van (keeping the playing field level) loaded with 
>> microSD cards! Or a 747...
>> 
>> I'm not going to attempt the calculation as it will only lead to more 
>> pointless discussion.
>
>Or consider a containership.  Latency's a bitch though.

A 747 should be able to tranmsit about 100 terabytes/second with
4 gram 128G SD-cards, at a rtt of a day. 

About the same as TAT14, the biggest transatlantic cable. But that
has a rtt of around 73 milliseconds.

-- mrr


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Raspberry Pi 3? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-10 16:30 +0100
  Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-06-10 11:23 -0500
  Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2016-06-10 12:36 -0400
  Re: Raspberry Pi 3? artie <artie.m@gNOSPAMmail.com> - 2016-06-10 09:41 -0700
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:00 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-10 18:31 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:03 +0000
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-10 11:28 -0700
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:33 -0500
        Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 14:04 -0400
          Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-12 09:39 -0500
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-06-11 08:01 +0100
  Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-10 17:52 +0100
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-10 18:03 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-10 19:04 +0100
  Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-10 19:18 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-10 20:56 -0400
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-11 11:04 +0200
        Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 10:47 +0000
        Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 07:51 -0400
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 10:44 +0000
    Re: Raspberry Pi 3? mausg@mail.com - 2016-06-11 10:06 +0000
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-11 12:50 +0200
        Re: Raspberry Pi 3? mausg@mail.com - 2016-06-12 08:48 +0000
          Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-12 09:37 -0500
            Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-12 09:46 -0700
              Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-12 09:51 -0700
              Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Anne & Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> - 2016-06-14 13:07 -0700
            Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-12 18:51 +0200
              Re: Raspberry Pi 3? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-12 17:04 -0400
            Re: Raspberry Pi 3? mausg@mail.com - 2016-06-13 08:04 +0000
              Re: Raspberry Pi 3? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-13 10:00 +0100
      Re: Raspberry Pi 3? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-06-11 12:32 -0500

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