I know this isn't actually a mainframe topic, but it is computer related
and kind of funny. I'm just glad I'm not a performance analyst for
Telkom.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090910/od_nm/us_safrica_pigeon
Tom Kelman
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Commerce Bank of Kansas City
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P S wrote:
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Edward Jaffe
wrote:
And, airfare from Japan to the U.S. isn't free...
? Not trying to be confrontational, but what does that have to do with it?
Cost/benefit analysis...
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Edward Jaffe
wrote:
> And, airfare from Japan to the U.S. isn't free...
? Not trying to be confrontational, but what does that have to do with it?
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Kelman, Tom
wrote:
> I know this isn't actually a mainframe topic, but it is computer related
> and kind of funny. I'm just glad I'm not a performance analyst for
> Telkom.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090910/od_nm/us_safrica_pigeon
Cute, but not so dramatic.
P S wrote:
Cute, but not so dramatic. In 2001, I was doing a gig, and one of the
things they asked about was transferring a 100TB disk array from Japan
to the US. They were thinking of renting a 1GB line, but that was
pretty expensive. I did a quick calculation and pointed out that if
they could
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Edward Jaffe
wrote:
> Cost/benefit analysis...
Ah. Well, still cheaper than a 1Gbit/sec line for 24 hours...
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You laugh ...
I am working with a company that literally did this. They shipped a
very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it next
to the production array; synchronously copied all the data; found a
quiet point on a Sunday morning and split the link; uncabled the array
At 17:02 -0400 on 09/11/2009, P S wrote about Re: Carrier Pigeon
beats Internet Speed:
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Kelman, Tom
wrote:
I know this isn't actually a mainframe topic, but it is computer related
and kind of funny. I'm just glad I'm not a performance anal
At 14:31 -0700 on 09/11/2009, Edward Jaffe wrote about Re: Carrier
Pigeon beats Internet Speed:
P S wrote:
Cute, but not so dramatic. In 2001, I was doing a gig, and one of the
things they asked about was transferring a 100TB disk array from Japan
to the US. They were thinking of renting a
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:57:40 -0500, Tom Moulder wrote:
>You laugh ...
>
>I am working with a company that literally did this. They shipped a
>very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it next
>to the production array; synchronously copied all the data; found a
>quiet point
On 11 Sep 2009 18:59:04 -0700, tom_moul...@1scom.net (Tom Moulder)
wrote:
>I am working with a company that literally did this. They shipped a
>very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it next
>to the production array; synchronously copied all the data; found a
>quiet p
In , on
09/11/2009
at 02:00 PM, "Kelman, Tom" said:
>Subject: Carrier Pigeon beats Internet Speed
Using RFC 1149?
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We don't care. We don't
Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote:
>Using RFC 1149?
Yes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers
Above page also describes shortly what actually happened.
FYI, that pigeon's name is Winston. ;-D
More info:
http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2009/0909091636.asp?
S=Broadband&A=B
saving them. Thank you.
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On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:57:40 -0500, Tom Moulder
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>You laugh ...
>
>I am working with a company that literally did this. They shipped a
>very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it next
>to the production array; synchronously copied all the data; found a
>quiet poin
On 15 Sep 2009 13:36:47 -0700, aguto...@ford.com (Arthur Gutowski)
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>On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:57:40 -0500, Tom Moulder
> wrote:
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>>You laugh ...
>>
>>I am working with a company that literally did this. They shipped a
>>very large disk array to the central computing center and placed it nex
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