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So sneakernet never went away, it just got less fashionable. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — An

So sneakernet never went away, it just got less fashionable. Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

goda90 3y ago
I don't remember where I read it but there was sneakernet for remote villages in India(?) where the bus stop had a computer that transferred data to/from the bus that only came through every few days. People would request what they wanted and it would be sent back on later buses.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago
  Between the two methods, this is also an unintended analogue to how interplanetary Internet would look like. Mars colony designers and hard sci-fi writers, take note.
  - anthk 3y ago
    nncp-go it's a thing.
qwertox 3y ago
It's possible to send HDDs full of data to cloud services. Amazon even quotes Andrew S. Tanenbaum https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/aws/send-us-that-data/ https://aws.amazon.com/de/blogs/aws/send-us-that-data/ https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001918654-Fireball-FAQ https://help.backblaze.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001918654-Fi...