CNN/Reuters: Scientists report data storage explosion Reuters reports that a study run by the University of California at Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems finds that people around the globe created enough new information in 2002 to fill 500,000 Libraries of Congress. The total data estimate--5 billion gigabytes--equals a per capita of approximately 800 megs per person. Compared to the last global study in 1999, the numbers equal a 30% increase in data storage. According to Reuters: The study received financial support from technology companies such as Intel, Microsoft, HP, and EMC. The obvious note comes from UCB professor Peter Lyman: "I couldn't come up with a very simple way of understanding quality because it's so much in the eye of the beholder." see - http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/10/29/information.study.reut/index.html
Hmm.. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/research_documents/statistics/internet/worldwide_internet_use.cfm .http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/ipc/popclockw Sorry Tiassa but internet use is still a minority sport. We are very much the elite and figures relating to our use of the net mearly serve to depress me. Guess all those Megs are mostly pornPlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Thoughts are electrical surges in the brain A collection of thoughts is a book A vast quantity of thoughts is a library Some libraries contain very few thoughts Steve Appleby '88 Stay truePlease Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Dee Cee
