<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Geoffrey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
> Never underestimate the bandwidth of a minivan loaded with back up tapes!<br>
<br>
</div>You know, the original of that is:<br>
<br>
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon loaded with back up<br>
tapes!<br>
<br>
Originally coined prior to the minivan era...<br>
<div class="im"><br clear="all"></div></blockquote></div><br>Heh, heh :-) I had to update the moniker to be more current. My SUV has more internal space than a 1970's stationwagon. The old "minivan" was cavernous compared to the SUV.<br>
<br>ALE'er Jeff Hubbs told me of a situation once he was on where it was cheaper and more expedient for him to grab a spare system and some external hard drives, drive 3 states away, do a data drop to the drives and return to Atlanta than to obtain enough bandwidth to transfer the data in less time than the 3 state driving process. <br>
<br>It's a strange world we live in.<br>-- <br>-- <br>James P. Kinney III<br>Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness <br><br>