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Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

— Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6.

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    It has a Kindle on the side, which functions as an automatic shipping label.

    That is the most Amazon thing I can imagine.

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      Damn you @pushcx, I was just going to post that quote! :)

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        Never underestimate the speed of a well-read nerd.

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        14 years ago one of my housemates traded warez with his friends by mailing hard drives back and forth. That certainly had a lot more bandwidth than our 28.8k modem could muster :-)

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          I stumbled upon the Wikipedia article on the sneakernet today after seeing this article. It has a list of uses in history and the media you can get lost in :)