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.
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.
That is the most Amazon thing I can imagine.
Damn you @pushcx, I was just going to post that quote! :)
Never underestimate the speed of a well-read nerd.
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 :-)
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 :)