things that make ya go hmmm

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Topic: things that make ya go hmmm

Posted By: haemphyst
Subject: things that make ya go hmmm
Date Posted: January 13, 2010 at 9:30 AM

Did you ever wonder how much the internet weighs?

I never did, until I read this article several years ago in Discover Magazine! :) Something sparked a memory of it for me, and I thought... "hey, I bet the guys over at the12volt would get a good cranium scratch from this!"

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted By: oldspark
Date Posted: January 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM

Are they after the weight of the data, or its support?

Data should be easy - zero. But that is contentious if you think that photons have a mass when stationary only (etc).

As for its support, let's see - redundant paths, IP protocol, analog bearers, power generators (and battery backups)...

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