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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