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GmailFS - using Gmail as a filesystem

Posted Sep 2, 2004 6:14 UTC (Thu) by ctg (subscriber, #3459)
In reply to: GmailFS - using Gmail as a filesystem by pivot
Parent article: GmailFS - using Gmail as a filesystem

> It will probably need a bit of redundancy though...

Why? In case you get bored and decide to eat some of it?

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GmailFS - using Gmail as a filesystem

Posted Sep 2, 2004 18:02 UTC (Thu) by cross (guest, #13601) [Link]

Because of events like this one

1,500 Of 2,000 Homing Pigeons Lost During Race
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Organizers of a race for homing pigeons
were still scratching their heads in wonder Thursday after about
1,500 of the birds, famous for their ability to find their way home,
went missing during the contest.
http://www.rense.com/general54/4848.htm

also reported here
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/24/1090464911647.html

That's a severe bout of packet loss!