Re: Work to Do (was: Lots of Data)

[Tom Droege <tdroege@veriomail.com>]

Difference of opinion is what makes progress.  ;^)  One can always store 
the data in the computer and process it during daylight when the computer 
is not busy.  In general, there is more light than dark, so there is lots 
of time.

Tom Droege

At 01:09 AM 10/21/00 -0700, you wrote:

>I do agree that in the end the data will be processed into star lists
>at the camera location.
>
>I did do a calculation and convinced myself
>that I could transmit image data as it came off the camera from a remote
>site to my home in real time.  Each exposure yields 16,000,000 bytes
>It you do 5 minute (= 300 second) exposures that's
>16,000,000/300 = 53.33 Kbytes/second.  My internet connection can do
>about 70 Kbytes/second.  I would not even need much disk space at the
>camera.  Even though I could, there are reasons why I wouldn't want
>to operate that way.  I have always argued for moving the computer to
>where to data is rather then moving the data.  So I'd put a computer
>at the remote site.