Seattle24x7 is proud to add our voice, as well as our community spirit, to a strong call to action for the Chinese government and the sponsors of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games to heed the will of the civilized world and impose severe sanctions against those who are inflicting the abhorrent genecidal tragedy in Darfur.
As the Olympic counterpart to the 2010 Winter Games, hosted by our close neighbors in Vancouver, B.C., the global significance of the Olympics strikes close to our homes and our hearts.
An Olympics that affirms global good will and cooperation among nations is not compatible with a sponsor that turns a blind eye to human carnage in any country, particularly one where China wields so great an economic influence.
The ball is now in China’s court. Let’s make sure they don’t drop it before we send over our Dream Team ballplayers and world-class athletes. Indeed, a world-class event demands a world-class commitment to fundamental humanitarian standards. If China won’t step in on Darfur, we should not step foot in China.
A group of researchers testing the network known as Internet 2 said it had broken speed records by first sending data at 7.67 gigabits per second, and breaking it the next day with a data transfer rate of 9.08Gbps.“These records are final for the 10Gbps network era because they represent more than 98% of the upper limit of network capacity,” University of Tokyo researcher Dr. Kei Hiraki said. “Through collaboration by a number of institutions, we have demonstrated the ability to overcome the distance and achieve this newest mark.”
Data was sent over a 20,000-mile path, which is over three-quarters the circumference of the earth. Data was sent from the University of Tokyo and then sent to Chicago, Amsterdam and Seattle and back to Tokyo.
The first test was done using standard TCP protocols, while the second used a modified version of the technology.
Internet2 is said to have a theoretical limit of 10Gbps, so its likely the last record for this generation of the network has been set. However, the group is not resting on its laurels: a 100Gbps network is now in the planning stages.
To give an idea of this type of speed, it currently takes about two days to transfer a high-quality version of a feature length film. On the current Internet2, that has been cut to 30 seconds, and on a 100Gbps network, it would be a fraction of that.
IPv6 was used to break the records, which offers better address handling capabilities. Previous speed records, were set using the current protocol, IPv4. [24×7]
