Comments on: Sneaker Net Should be Extinct http://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/ Pieces of the productivity puzzle. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:55:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikehttp://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/comment-page-1/#comment-91375 Mike Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:00:05 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=1867#comment-91375 Flash drives work when the network (or ISP) is down, and you don't have to worry if the server/site you store your files on is secure. Flash drives work when the network (or ISP) is down, and you don’t have to worry if the server/site you store your files on is secure.

]]> By: Genehttp://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/comment-page-1/#comment-90440 Gene Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:40:24 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=1867#comment-90440 FedEx can ship more data overnight than any other medium. FedEx can ship more data overnight than any other medium.

]]> By: Mark Sheadhttp://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/comment-page-1/#comment-90237 Mark Shead Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:54:03 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=1867#comment-90237 @Adrian - Good point. There are some things that are going to be faster by moving media. However for most people who are moving Powerpoints and Word documents around, the small investment in learning how to share between two computers is well worth the investment. @Adrian – Good point. There are some things that are going to be faster by moving media. However for most people who are moving Powerpoints and Word documents around, the small investment in learning how to share between two computers is well worth the investment.

]]> By: Adrianhttp://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/comment-page-1/#comment-90234 Adrian Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:50:17 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=1867#comment-90234 I haven't yet seen a way of using the network to get network drivers onto machines, and carrying a portable drive with 20G of disk image is in many cases faster and more reliable than trying to transmit them. There's a lot of truth in the saying: Never under estimate the bandwidth of a car-boot full of tapes. I haven’t yet seen a way of using the network to get network drivers onto machines, and carrying a portable drive with 20G of disk image is in many cases faster and more reliable than trying to transmit them.

There’s a lot of truth in the saying: Never under estimate the bandwidth of a car-boot full of tapes.

]]> By: Rob Comminshttp://www.productivity501.com/sneaker-net-should-be-extinct/1867/comment-page-1/#comment-90153 Rob Commins Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:07:54 +0000 http://www.productivity501.com/?p=1867#comment-90153 The next phase of this will be the extintion of sending gargantuan enclosures as email attachments. I cringe every time I see a 8MB PowerPoint file being sent to my whole department. There are so many reasons this is wrong . . . Rob The next phase of this will be the extintion of sending gargantuan enclosures as email attachments. I cringe every time I see a 8MB PowerPoint file being sent to my whole department. There are so many reasons this is wrong . . .

Rob

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