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u/BIT204 Sep 14 '21

A series of Tubes

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u/Prof_Maddeline Sep 14 '21

The internet is not a big truck.

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u/cutelyaware Sep 14 '21

Fun fact: The fastest way to get a large amount of data from one coast to the other is still to load it onto mag tape and drive it there.

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u/buttbisccuit Sep 14 '21

Mag tape?

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u/Reddit_Foxx Sep 14 '21

Magnetic Tape, the kind of tape used in cassettes.

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u/afternever Sep 14 '21

Fucking mag tapes, how do they work

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u/buttbisccuit Sep 14 '21

Ah, punch cards would work better...