Can a pigeon with 3 TB of flash drives outrun gigabit ISP transfers?

Yes, a Pigeon is Faster for Data Transfer than Gigabit Fiber Internet::A decade ago, a pigeon with a 4 GB memory stick outran an ISP’s ADSL service. A 2023 rematch features a bird with 3 TB of flash drives vs gigabit internet.

  • MeanEYE@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Interestingly enough NASA still sends data this way. Huge HDD delivered by hand. Not all data, but I remember reading about some satellite images and similar data where latency doesn’t matter. Can’t beat good old box full of HDD.

    • smitty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      1 year ago

      yep, radio telescopes send data this way, thats how SETI@home got the Arecibo data

    • BastingChemina@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      It was 10 years ago so I don’t know what is the practice now but the “offsite backup” solution in my office was taking a hard drive to a safe at the local bank.

      Every week someone would go to the bank to switch the drive that is stored there.