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mindmetoo
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 Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject: 170 gigabytes = ~30 CDs? |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc_1
This line struck me as weird:
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| The fact that Amsterdam has one of the three root servers outside the United States is not lost on local politicians, including the former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, who have come to this room to "touch the Internet" by placing their palm on the computer's casing. During rush hour, 170 Gigabits of data per second -- the equivalent of over 30 compact disks -- travel through the exchange. |
1 gig is 1000 mb. Lets say a CD holds 700 mb. That's .7 of a gb.
170 gigs/.7 gigs = 242.9 cds.
Over 30? Sure. A lot over 30.
Maybe he got DVDs and CDs mixed up. 30 4.7 gig DVDs brings us closer. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:33 pm Post subject: Re: 170 gigabytes = ~30 CDs? |
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| mindmetoo wrote: |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc_1
This line struck me as weird:
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| The fact that Amsterdam has one of the three root servers outside the United States is not lost on local politicians, including the former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, who have come to this room to "touch the Internet" by placing their palm on the computer's casing. During rush hour, 170 Gigabits of data per second -- the equivalent of over 30 compact disks -- travel through the exchange. |
1 gig is 1000 mb. Lets say a CD holds 700 mb. That's .7 of a gb.
170 gigs/.7 gigs = 242.9 cds.
Over 30? Sure. A lot over 30.
Maybe he got DVDs and CDs mixed up. 30 4.7 gig DVDs brings us closer. |
maybe I missed something, but they are talking gigaBITS and you are talking gigaBYTES.
Almost an order of magnitude difference there. like between 242.9 and ~30 ?? |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:18 am Post subject: Re: 170 gigabytes = ~30 CDs? |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| mindmetoo wrote: |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060929/tc_nm/column_pluggedin_dc_1
This line struck me as weird:
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| The fact that Amsterdam has one of the three root servers outside the United States is not lost on local politicians, including the former Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok, who have come to this room to "touch the Internet" by placing their palm on the computer's casing. During rush hour, 170 Gigabits of data per second -- the equivalent of over 30 compact disks -- travel through the exchange. |
1 gig is 1000 mb. Lets say a CD holds 700 mb. That's .7 of a gb.
170 gigs/.7 gigs = 242.9 cds.
Over 30? Sure. A lot over 30.
Maybe he got DVDs and CDs mixed up. 30 4.7 gig DVDs brings us closer. |
maybe I missed something, but they are talking gigaBITS and you are talking gigaBYTES.
Almost an order of magnitude difference there. like between 242.9 and ~30 ?? |
Ah yes. It was morning. |
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