Internet as delay line memory?

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Thu May 13 09:57:16 1999

At 07:52 AM 5/13/99 -0700, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
>This very concept came up for lengthy discussion when I was in college at
>Ohio State. Then, we envisioned using UUCP to store and forward two weeks
>of data,

No hard disks necessarily involved - just the latency of the network.
You're right, though, imagine using hard disks as cache to increase
the latency, only passing along the packets when the outgoing pipe
seemed empty. Long latency reminds me of early cable modem data
systems, where information was regularly recycled every few hours,
and you could tell your receiving software what to grab the next
time around.

- John
Received on Thu May 13 1999 - 09:57:16 BST