Return of the sneakernets
Technology is like Irish weather sometimes - but on a slightly longer time-scale. Just wait a while and the Irish weather is guaranteed to change. Just wait a while longer and the original weather will come back again. Similarly, just wait a while and technology is sure to change. Just wait a while longer and the original technology just might come right back at ya.
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Pen-drives are big here too:
Pen-drives are big here too: hang about in a university and you see them used for moving Powerpoint presentations, officially, and MP3s and videos unofficially around the whole time. I bet high schools are the same...We were just talking about
We were just talking about this at coffee yesterday morning -- with the size of USB keys and the security issues that come from being attached to a network we were wondering if sneakernet would make a comeback.