Oh, 8cm, how odd. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd
On 2/21/07, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I was basing it on 2.6GB capacity (DVD/RW) and get 2.6 gigabytes = 20.8 gigabits so ~2 seconds is roughly right. depending on your definitions. On 2/21/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe EUGLUG should get a 60-day trial? :) > > About the rate though... DVD single-layer is "4.7" GB, > that's giga bytes, right? And these are 10Gbps (giga bits per sec)... > so of course it is very fast but hey I've only had one glass of scotch :) > (and it doesn't math up rightly) > > Were you talking about a dual-layer, and missing the bits/bytes there? > > ben > > PS - my calcs, first is seconds to xfer DVD (not accounting for protocol > overheads either!), note the factor of 8 for bits/byte... > lastly reducing the 2^30 (= 1024*1024*1024) for gigs, simplifying: > bc 1.06 > Copyright 1991-1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. > For details type `warranty'. > scale=4 > (4.7*1024*1024*1024*8 )/(10*1024*1024*1024) > 3.7600 > 4.7*8/10 > 3.7600 > > > > On 2/21/07, larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > 10Ge means you could pump the entire contents of a DVD over the wire > > in less than 2 seconds. > >
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