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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 08:05:25
Message-Id: 20170502090503.5edc2950@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: replacement for ftp? by Kai Krakow
1 On Sun, 30 Apr 2017 08:22:50 +0200, Kai Krakow wrote:
2
3 > > > Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes
4 > > > hurtling down the highway.
5 >
6 > Hehe, with the improvements in internet connections nowadays, we
7 > almost stopped transferring backups via sneakernet. Calculating the
8 > transfer speed of the internet connection vs. the speed calculating
9 > miles per hour, internet almost always won lately. :-)
10
11 But tapes also hold a lot more than they did in 1981, so bandwidth is
12 increasing on both sides ;-)
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15 --
16 Neil Bothwick
17
18 QOTD:
19 The only easy way to tell a hamster from a gerbil is that the
20 gerbil has more dark meat.

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