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RE: [OT] Interesting HD article
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- Subject: RE: [OT] Interesting HD article
- From: "James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 12:20:20 +0100
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> James,
>
> A lifetime's worth of books is about 56Gb :-)
>
> Calculation as follows:
>
>
>
> A bookcase = .8m x 7 shelves = 5.6
meters
>
> 20 years' worth of books = 25
bookcases
> -> 20 years' worth of books = 140
meters
>
> 1 lifetime = 80 years collecting
> 1 lifetime = 560 meters of books
>
> 1 Gb = 10 meters
>
> 1 lifetime's worth of books = 56Gb
Yes, I think that they said it would leave WELL over 119TB free on a
120TB
drive ;)
Frightening!
James H
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