LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTIL Pigeons can carry Internet trafficen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down15cross-posted to: programminghumor@lemmy.world
arrow-up168arrow-down1external-linkTIL Pigeons can carry Internet trafficen.wikipedia.orgLambdaRX@sh.itjust.works to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: programminghumor@lemmy.world
minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoThe entire point of it to show anything could be… You could say back in the day when you had to drive to a store to pick up a NES cartridge means your mom’s minivan can carry Internet traffic. It was just a way to move a physical item containing data.
minus-squareBoomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 year agoNever underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of backup tapes hurtling down the highway.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoAWS does exactly this. They will roll up with a semi and move your drives anywhere. EDIT: Crud. They ended Snowmobile this year. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-retires-snowmobile-truck-based-data-transfer-service/
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoA hatchback full of SD cards can beat that easily, though.
The entire point of it to show anything could be…
You could say back in the day when you had to drive to a store to pick up a NES cartridge means your mom’s minivan can carry Internet traffic.
It was just a way to move a physical item containing data.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of backup tapes hurtling down the highway.
AWS does exactly this. They will roll up with a semi and move your drives anywhere.
EDIT: Crud. They ended Snowmobile this year.
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-retires-snowmobile-truck-based-data-transfer-service/
A hatchback full of SD cards can beat that easily, though.
Not in a head on.