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How Much Data Is That?
Bytes (8 bits)
- 0.1 bytes: A single yes/no decision (actually 0.125 bytes, but I rounded)
- 1 byte: One character
- 2 bytes:
- 5 bytes
- 10 bytes: One word (a word of language, not a computer word)
- 20 bytes:
- 50 bytes:
- 100 bytes: Telegram; two punched computer (Hollerith) cards
- 200 bytes:
- 500 bytes:
Kilobyte
1,024 bytes; 210;
approx. 1,000 or 10 3
- 1 Kilobyte: Joke; (very) short story
- 2 Kilobytes: Typewritten page
- 10 Kilobytes: Page out of an encyclopedia
- 20 Kilobytes:
- 50 Kilobytes: Image of a document page, compressed
- 100 Kilobytes: Photograph, low-resolution
- 200 Kilobytes: Two boxes (4000) punched computer (Hollerith) cards
- 500 Kilobytes: Five boxes, one case (10,000 of punched computer (Hollerith) cards
Megabyte
1,048,576 bytes; 220;
approx 1,000,000 or 10 6
- 1 Megabyte: Small novel; 3-1/2 inch diskette
- 2 Megabytes: Photograph, high resolution
- 5 Megabytes: Complete works of Shakespeare; 30 seconds of broadcast-quality video
- 10 Megabytes: Minute of high-fidelity sound; digital chest X-ray; Box of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
- 20 Megabytes: Two boxes of 3-1/2 inch diskettes
- 50 Megabytes: Digital mammogram
- 100 Megabytes: Yard of books on a shelf; two encyclopedia volumes
- 200 Megabytes: Reel of 9-track tape; IBM 3480 cartridge tape
- 500 Megabytes: CD-ROM
Gigabyte
1,073,741,824 bytes; 230;
approx 1,000,000,000 or 10 9
- 1 Gigabyte: Paper in the bed of a pickup; symphony in high-fidelity sound; broadcast quality movie
- 2 Gigabytes: 20 yards of books on a shelf
- 5 Gigabytes: 8mm Exabyte tale
- 10 Gigabytes:
- 20 Gigabytes: Audio collection of the works of Beethoven; five Exabyte tapes; VHS tape used to store digital data
- 50 Gigabytes: Library floor of books on shelves
- 100 Gigabytes: Library floor of academic journals on shelves; large ID-1 digital tape
- 200 Gigabytes: 50 Exabyte tapes
Terabyte
1,099,511,627,776 or 240;
approx. 1,000,000,000,000 or 10 12
- 1 Terabyte: Automated tape robot; all the X-ray films in a large technological hospital; 50,000 trees made into paper and printed; daily rate of EOS (Earth Orbiting System) data (1998)
- 2 Terabytes: Academic research ligrary
- 10 Terabytes: Printed collection of the U. S. Library of Congress
- 50 Terabytes: Contents of a large mass storage system
Petabyte
1,125,899,906,842,624 bytes or 250
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 15
- 1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS data (2001)
- 2 Petabytes: All U. S. academic research libraries
- 20 Petabytes: 1995 production of hard-disk drives
- 200 Petabytes: All printed material; 1995 production of digital magnetic tape
Exabyte
1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes or 260
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 18
- 5 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.
Zettabyte
1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424 bytes or 270
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 21
Yottabyte
1,208,925,819,614,629,174,706,176 bytes or 280
approx. 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 10 24
Your Domain Says What? 9 Hilariously Misleading Websites
1. DicksOnWeb.com (Dickson Web)
This is an example of a purely honest mistake. Dickson Web is a website used for data loggers and chart recorders; however their domain name is misleading. As suspected, they have finally caught on to the words within the domain that give it its misleading message. They now only use this as a link to redirect to their new domain name.
2. ChoosesPain.com (Choose Spain)
Choose Spain. This is a hotel and a realty site for Spain. Hopefully your vacation isn’t as painful as the domain. They do however have some pretty nice land for sale and hotels for rent there.
3. ViagraFix.com (Via Grafix)
This has been around for a while. It was a rather innocent name until Viagra came out. They have "graphix" tutorial cd’s and a bunch of other items related to computer graphics. The company no longer uses this as their domain.
4. TeacherStalk.com (Teachers Talk)
This is a community for teachers and students from across the US to talk about just about anything. It just turns out that by moving the "s" it turns into teacher stalk.
5. WinterSexPress.com (Winter’s Express)
This is a small town’s local newspaper. They are called the “Winter Express”, but the domain can make it appear to be a different type of site. The paper is for Winters, California.
6. NYCAnal.com (NY Canal)
This is a travel information website with links to all sorts of different activities to do on the canals of New York. This is a general website mistake. If you were to start a business on the Cook Islands, you would end up with .co.ck at the end of your domain. Co is the standard for commercial domains, and .ck is the TLD for the Cook Islands, so either way you will end up with the .co.ck after any innocent sounding domain name.
7. WhorePresents.com (Who Represents)
This is actually a database for contacting the lawyer and/or publicists of some of the biggest actors and actresses out there. Whether or not this actually puts you in contact with the people it claims is beside the point, still somehow, the domain fits for at least some of the people on the database.
8. ExpertSexChange.com (Experts Exchange)
This is a site where Experts can exchange their ideas. It is actually for programmers to get help with their current projects, and yet it makes it sound like it’s advertising the best “sex change” company out there. Since then, for some reason, they’ve changed their domain.
9. TheRapistFinder.com (Therapist Finder)
This is actually a database for you to find a therapist. I thought this was the best of them all, as even without the caps you would probably read it as it sounds. This site is actually pretty big and could really help you find the best therapists in your area.
from www.webupon.com/
7 Video Game Currencies Stronger Than the U.S. Dollar
RUPEE (The Legend of Zelda) (1987)
Worth: $3 (U.S.)
Methodology: 100 rupees = magical shield. Crappy shield on eBay = $300
What It Means: U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke could learn a couple of things from Hyrule’s math whizzes, who have kept the region’s inflation rate at an astounding 0.00 percent for over 20 years.
GTA DOLLAR (Grand Theft Auto III) (2001)
Worth: $25 (U.S.)
Methodology: 100 GTA dollars = Colt .45 Pistol (M1911 A1). Custom model 1911 A1 pistol made by the Springfield Armory = $2,500
What It Means: If you do find a handgun for a hundred bucks in the real world, you’ll probably have to call Nerf for more ammo.
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