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How Heavy Is the Internet?

Posted by samzenpus on from the he's-not-heavy-he's-my-router dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Ever wondered how much the internet physically weighs? 498,438,559,990kg, according to CNET. To reach this figure, they added together public data on the weight of every computer, server and connecting cable. To this they added 6,075,000kg of iPhones, and over 6,800,000kg of Blackberries. Finally, they added the weight of 287,524 viruses and 85 billion+ webpages."

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  1. Slightly heavier then... by Anachragnome · · Score: 5, Funny

    "How Heavy Is the Internet?"

    Slightly heavier then the total weight of the worlds useless journalists.

    1. Re:Slightly heavier then... by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

      What a fucked up metric. That's like asking "how red is 7?" or "what's the personality of a grapefruit?"

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    2. Re:Slightly heavier then... by tool462 · · Score: 5, Funny

      "how red is 7?"

      Just about half, assuming 4 bits per channel.

      "what's the personality of a grapefruit?"

      Bitter.

    3. Re:Slightly heavier then... by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Funny

      What a fucked up metric. That's like asking "how red is 7?" or "what's the personality of a grapefruit?"

      Your momma is so fat, her circumference is 3.1415 internets.
      /idleispants

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  2. No by N7DR · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ever wondered how much the internet physically weighs?

    No.

    And, oddly, even after someone else has asked the question, I still don't.