[lug] (humor, sort of) too much time on one's hand

[Alan Robertson]

"Holshouser, David" wrote:
> 
> In a networking class in college, we did the calculations using an old style
> station wagon and tape.
> The final total was something (as you can imagine) even more spectacular.
> 
> What are tapes up to these days? 20GB, 40GB, 60GB.
> In about the space of 5-10 CDs?

the tapes I have are 8mm and they hold 65 gb ;-)  So, they're probably
comparable volume to one or at most 2 CDs ;-)

	-- Alan Robertson
	   alanr at unix.sh