[117383] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: SA pigeon 'faster than broadband'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Fri Sep 11 09:29:54 2009
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 09:28:45 -0400
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
To: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4AAA1BAB.5000707@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:43:07 -0400
William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/mpapps/pagetools/print/news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8248056.stm?ad=1
Twenty five years ago we said "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a
station wagon full of mag tapes hurtling down the highway." The tapes
have got smaller as has the station wagon which has also grown wings
and a self-directing control system. That's progress.
--
D'Arcy J.M. Cain <darcy@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves
http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on
+1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner.
