The Future of the Internet

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Interesting look into the future of the Internet:

Researchers were able to send 859 gigabytes of data in less than 17 minutes at a rate of 6.63 gigabits per second - a speed that equals the transfer of a full-length DVD movie in four seconds.

Get the full store here:

Internet2 sets new data speed record (http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=3016)

Take Care,

Richard

P.S. I am sure the RIAA is really happy about this news. :cool:

[amanoffewwords]

Makes you wonder if we're not living in the prehistoric part of the Internet age. Like I always say my kids will take their kids to a science museum one day where they will be told that once upon a time "people used to disconnect from the Internet" - and that will a source of much amusement to all concerned. In the meantime they will have devised a way to email our ashes to the funeral home! "I want them scattered at www.pprune.org" will be an option!

But I digress. Must be the heat, back to work :{

[mikedurward]

The problem is with distances. you can tx virtually any amount of data you like over a very short distance.

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

mikedurward,

The transfer experiment was done between the Geneva, Switzerland home of CERN and Pasadena, California, where Caltech is based - a distance of approximately 15,766 kilometres

Take Care,

Richard

[Blacksheep]

So, in the future CoolWebSearch will only need 0.03 nanoseconds to hijack your pooter?

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

Blacksheep,

Na, I doubt it will take that long. :eek:

Take Care,

Richard

[goates]

Forget the RIAA, this will have the MPAA panicking. Downloading DVD quality movies in 4 seconds will make short work of Hollywood's offerings.

Maybe Intel can help prevent viruses spreading (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3643902.stm). Then again everyone would still be running Windows, which won't be close to being secure until at least 2011 (according to a MS executive).

goates

[Naples Air Center, Inc.]

goates,

It seems that all these claims seem to underestimate the resourcefulness of the Hackers. :eek:

Take Care,

Richard

[BEagle]

Perhaps by then hackers, virus writers and other destructive geeky nerds will be put to death when caught?

If only........