Sneakernet obeys Moore's Law

[andygates]

1.7 terabytes, from one site to another.  Time to transfer: 3 minutes.  5 if you include unfolding the Brompton.  :)

Comments

[thudthwacker.livejournal.com]

Well, yeah, but look at the packet size you were using. You'd have a bitch of a time maintaining that kind of throughput.

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

Are we talking about poos now?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

True nuff. Alas my backup product (BackupExec) has taken that nice fast transfer and thrown it back at me. BackupExec is my Tree of Woe: I am nailed to it, being pecked by a rubber vulture and laughing hysterically in the noonday sun.

In the words of the Bard: Screw this, I'm going home.

[ravenbait.livejournal.com]

Is the rubber vulture after your poos?

[andygates.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it keeps giving catalogue errors, with the code, "Catalog Error: Catalog this media resource before attempting this task," which is magnificently Kafkaesque.