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Wolfram Alpha too http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+Megabyte+at+10mbps http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+Megabyte+at+10mbps
by borisk 16y ago
Wolfram Alpha too
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+Megabyte+at+10mbps http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=100+Megabyte+at+10mbps
- ableal 16y agoMore amusing yet, both of those ignore (of course) transport overhead. In RS-232/dial-up days, that would be 20% worth of start/stop-bits (i.e. a byte of data requires 10 bits transmitted). For my purposes (not a network admin), I still figure on 10 bps = 1 byte/s. Easier, and usually close enough, what with packet headers and network burps. So, 100MB*10b/10Mbps = 100 s. P.S. just read OP's expansion on problem. I would recommend reading C.N.Parkinson's take on candidate search (ch. 5 of the Parkinson's Law book, e.g. http://www.02articles.com/read/parkinsons-law-chapter-5 http://www.02articles.com/read/parkinsons-law-chapter-5 ). If it does not actually help, at least you'll be amused. P.P.S. searching for the above link, found this also amusing testimonial from a satisfied user: http://direkobold.blogspot.com/2009/04/parkinsons-law-for-hiring.html http://direkobold.blogspot.com/2009/04/parkinsons-law-for-hi...