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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. 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.

  4. 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...