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Weighing the Internet
the-dark-kangaroo writes "Jason Striegel has taken Physics to a new dimension by 'Weighing the Internet.' Well, actually calculating the total number of users online in one day. The conclusion that was reached was that there are ~519 million users per day online. Also, 'From what we calculated, it would appear that roughly 41 percent of internet users did not log in that day.'"
that their penis could be HUGE!
I want this account deleted.
It's probably overweight too.
If i am on two computers at the same time? Isn't everyone? No?
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What algorithim did they use? The one involving magic?
The awswer is 42 (metric gigatons total).
Breakdown of Internet Weight:
10 gigatons of Flames.
20 gigatons of Spam.
10 gigatons of e-dicks.
2 gigatons of information.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
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Jason Striegel continued by saying that "we didn't count anyone from Slashdot, because, lets face it, sitting in front of your computer all day eating Doritos tends to skew the results".
Accelerating electrons through wires makes them weigh more. And pushing photons through fibers makes them weigh more. I wonder how much extra weight the Internet accounts for? If we're going to count the users as the Internet's weight, we should also be asking "how pasty is the Internet?"
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So, when does his server reach critical mass due to slashdotters?
Does the internet weigh more in the US?
Here's an idea: as there are clearly an enormous number of people accessible via the internet, if we could all be coordinated to use our weight by jumping up and down at a notified time, we may be able influence the rotational orbit of the Earth.
We could have time zone +0 GMT start jumping at one part of the day, then time zone +12 GMT do it twelve hours later.
The cumulative effect might be enough to push the Earth into a longer orbit, thus moving us further away from the sun and cooling the planet.
(Of course, it's not solely proximity to the sun that determines global temperature, and Newton's Third Law + the weight of the planet vs the weight of humans might have something to say about whether jumping would actually work, but don't let that spoil some silly science!)
'Horribly' is not accepted as standard word in scientific research publications. The description must be quantitative like 'and am 91% time attracted to women at 45% of the places'. A graph of level of attraction vs cup size would be great!!
hilarious
Internet: "I'm not fat, I'm just sufficiently back-boned."
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Not until you take a basic course in computer I/O.
Although most people consider light to be the fastest thing there is, heavy is indeed faster but it takes longer to get up to speed and has problems turning corners.