[Discuss] SCP file size limitations

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2006-11-22 13:04-0800 pw wrote:

> Hmmmm, I'm starting to think it would be quicker to drive
> there with a firewire drive...or take a Greyhound bus.
> Even with the stops along the way the transfer would be faster
> and cost less money (time).

Andrew Tanenbaum (1995) is quoted (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet)
on this subject as follows: "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station
wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway." Apparently, variations on
this saying go back a long way, and I guess to modernize the saying you
would replace "station wagon" by SUV and "tapes" by USB hard drives.

Alan
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