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Weighing the Internet

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the damn-liars-and-statisticians dept.

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.'"

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  1. Cabling by PhYrE2k2 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I'd rather know what all that cable weighs... Big under-sea links, broadband cable to each home, telephone cable, servers and equipment... mmm... so much speed.

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