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800 Megs of Data Per Person Last Year?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-a-lot-of-data dept.

Ant writes "Growing net, computer and phone use is driving a huge rise in the amount of information people generate and use. US researchers estimate that every year 800MB of information is produced for every person on the planet. Their study found that information stored on paper, film, magnetic and optical disks has doubled since 1999. Paper is still proving popular though. The amount of information stored in books, journals and other documents has grown 43% in three years."

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  1. umm..repost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    i bet half this increase is due to the number of slashdot reposts also increasing over the same timespan.

  2. Re:What about redundant information? by t0rnt0pieces · · Score: 5, Funny

    The article fails to address the issue of redundant information

    You mean stuff like this?

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  3. Re:What about redundant information? by FiloEleven · · Score: 3, Funny

    Funny you should mention redundant information, as THIS IS A DUPE. Woo! 2.8% of the 800 megs per person average comes from Slashdot dupes alone.

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  4. It's really 400. by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny
    If everything is posted twice, like on slashdot, and like THIS story, that 800 MB is really 400 MB.

    Also, if If everything is posted twice, like on slashdot, and like THIS story, that 800 MB is really 400 MB.

  5. Re:More and more data by Richard_at_work · · Score: 3, Funny

    How many Libraries of Congress is an "Assload"? Is the data easily retrievable?

  6. Re:Only 800Mb per year by bersl2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Personally, I find that figure insulting.

    I mean, I'm worth at least a gig...

  7. Get your units straight by FrankoBoy · · Score: 2, Funny

    As discussed in this previous thread - following an article ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT - the new unit is the Great Pyramid.

    Someone should program a calculator to convert all these units from one to another. Elephants to Great Pyramids, Great Pyramids to K-Marts, K-Marts to Libraries of Congress... Now that'd be innovation for ya !

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  8. Hm, that's funny... by Shoten · · Score: 2, Funny

    I thought the pr0n I was in amounted to WAY more than 800 MB last year...

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  9. Re:More and more data by Davak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Definition of assload

    Assload is a relative term... like "a lot"

    Normally one wouldn't ask "how many Libraries of Congress is a lot?"

    /end of my stupid point

  10. redundant ... like dupe articles ? by clarkie.mg · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is the article a few days ago ...

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  11. Re:Makes you feel... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude, lighten up and stop being paranoid.

    The NSA doesn't care which Mary Kate & Ashley video is your favorite.

  12. hmmmmm by AmoebafromSweden · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thats a lot of porn...

  13. I produced 400 MBs of data on my computer, by use_compress · · Score: 2, Funny

    but I pirated 80000 MBs of data.