25 Jul
2008
25 Jul
'08
9:18 p.m.
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:11:05 -0700> From: eric
at brouhaha.com> To: > Subject: Re: Pointless question...> > Scanning
wrote:> > It has to be done in hardware otherwise why bother. If you want the
respect> > and awe of the group show us your gravitas and use a spool of fibre
optic> > cable as the "media" and blink your data in through an LED or
LASER diode.> > Storing 1 Mbit at 10 MHz in a spool of fiber would definitely
inspire > awe of a sort, but perhaps not the kind you had in mind. You'll >
definitely need lasers, not LEDs, and you'll have to splice an optical > amplifier
into the spool for every few km of fiber. Just dealing with > the power consumption
would be non-trivial. Got a substation next door?> > Eric
Hi
Why does everyone think that the bits need to be stored sequencially.
One could pack a lot more bits into a shorter cable and interleave the
bits.
Dwight
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