"This cd-rom can hold more information than all of the paper that's here below me" -Bill Gates 1994
Let's try to replicate the math:
- 8 bits per letter
- 5 bytes per word
- 250 words per page
~ 1.221 KB per page (I'm forgetting spaces... maybe 8 bits?)
- 1CD = 700 MB
Then 716,800 / 1.221 = 587,060 pages = 100 meters
Of course there are better way to store data on paper ... see PaperBack. And of course there are better ways to compress data on a CD.
Someone has an idea of which effect would win?
For more:
Great Pictures
Coca Cola with pigeons in St Marco Square, Venice
A picture is worth more than 1000 words. This one in particular.
XP
Real Uncle Sam
Horror of Kuwait war
We are very small or "Ultraviolet Coverage of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field"
Whoopi Goldberg and Milk
Marilyn Monroe and Queen Elizabeth
Young Elvis on his first appearance
Young Kubrik and FDR