[Kstars-devel] got it!

[Jason Harris]

Ok, USNO put our corrupted files up on ftp, which I am now downloading.

The sustained transfer rate is about 100kB/s now, so it should be done
in about 24h...

That's better than having to wait several days for more DVDs which may
or may not work...


On 7/11/08, Jason Harris <kstars at 30doradus.org> wrote:
> Well....bummer.
>
> On Jul 11, 2008, at 1:57 PM, Akarsh Simha wrote:
>>
>>> I am now holding 100 million stars in my hands.
>>>
>>> I'll let you know when I'm done parsing it, Akarsh.
>>
>
> I got Input/output errors when trying to copy two of the five data
> files off of the discs.  I'm going to bring the discs home tonight to
> see if my home machine's DVD drive has better luck with them.  I also
> emailed my contact at USNO to ask if they can make these files
> available to me via ftp.
>
> A good illustration of the problem with the "car full of tapes" method
> of data transfer: the bandwidth may be unbeatable, but the latency can
> be a killer, especially if something goes wrong :)
>
> Jason
>
>