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Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by debt on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:16PM (#20461101)
Fascinating. A microSD card is 0.5 grams. I could tape one of these to a postcard, overnight for $25 using USPS and probably achieve a faster data rate than I could if I just send it over the air.
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by kevinsundar on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:32PM (#20461283)
Never underestimate sneakernet speeds. https://aws.amazon.com/snowmobile/

It can "move 100 petabytes of data in as little as a few weeks, plus transport time. That same transfer could take more than 20 years to accomplish over a direct connect line with a 1Gbps connection."

Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by bradknowles on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @08:12PM (#20465384)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakernet

Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway. —Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (1989). Computer Networks. New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. p. 57. ISBN 0-13-166836-6.

Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by anamexis on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:30PM (#20461260)
Assuming a drop-off at 5 PM and a delivery at 9 AM, that's a data rate of 139 Mbps.
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by gooseus on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:49PM (#20461451)
True, but it seems like the max weight for a letter/postcard is 3.5 ounces (~99 grams), also a postcard is about 148x105mm while a microSD is 15x11mm.

I would propose making your postcard out of a 9x9 grid of 1TB microSDs and tape to give you an 81TB postcard that can be delivered overnight at the minimum price while providing 11.25 Gbps given the numbers you used.

Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by kruffin on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:17PM (#20461787)
Sobering to think of the true (hardware only) price of that postcard in full view of anyone handling it: $36k ($450 * 81).

But amazing to think how far technology has advanced.

Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by setr on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @02:27PM (#20462561)
Exchanging data and money offline, in a very compact format :-)
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by dijit on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:47PM (#20461432)
These metrics fail to account for the transfer to a more stable medium, or even just a single full read of the data.
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by hobs on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:29PM (#20461251)
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by privong on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:30PM (#20461264)
It's been around longer than RFC-1149, dating back to station wagons carrying data tapes in the 1970s: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/20jlv3/n...
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by izzydata on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @12:44PM (#20461411)
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by agumonkey on Wednesday July 17, 2019 @01:01PM (#20461571)
I was thinking of small inner city channels with floating storage keys the other day. Messages^14 in a bottle kind of.
Re:SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card Review by itsrajju on Thursday July 18, 2019 @01:17AM (#20466947)
25 cents you mean? :)