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madires:
--- Quote from: Ultrapurple on April 08, 2021, 03:26:44 pm ---Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
— Andrew S Tanenbaum, 1989
--- End quote ---
Or the old fashioned sneakernet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet) ;)
Anyhow, do your risk assessment!
Ultrapurple:
--- Quote from: madires on April 08, 2021, 03:48:03 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ultrapurple on April 08, 2021, 03:26:44 pm ---Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
— Andrew S Tanenbaum, 1989
--- End quote ---
Or the old fashioned sneakernet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet) ;)
--- End quote ---
Yup, that was the source of my Tanenbaum quote.
xmo:
Day three without the forum....
TEA user:
"I have discovered something interesting."
I seem to be living with a woman!
Apparently, she is my wife.
She seems nice."
tooki:
--- Quote from: Ultrapurple on April 08, 2021, 03:26:44 pm ---Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.
— Andrew S Tanenbaum, 1989
--- End quote ---
Yes, or of actual messenger pigeons!
With that said, the critical downside of the station wagon or pigeon is the latency! :P
Microdoser:
I have noticed the site, as we were told, seems a bit clunky and slow right now.
Still, gives me more time to fix up the I7 6700K 24GB Ram 256GB SSD that I found in the street fully working (except for the graphics card). It has a legitimate Windows 7 Ultimate OEM on it which I am currently getting Windows updates up to date in preparation to upgrade to Win 10 Pro
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