Seems that Jonathan Schwartz, Sun’s CEO, posted something similar about moving a petabyte of data a couple months ago. He chose to use a sailboat for his example.
“Bit meters per second” or “megabyte kilometers per hour” would be a better measure than just “bits per second”.
Tony Dye
From your link:
“Bit meters per second” or “megabyte kilometers per hour” would be a better measure than just “bits per second”.