That feels like a bad comparison. Technically paper could told a huge amount of data if you write small enough
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afk_strats@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Can I have that in football fields worth of Bill Gates’s paper stacks? Pic for context 1000003435
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
About 14 football fields, stacked up to the crossbar.
according to GPT-4o-mini that I haven’t double-checked, which means it’s likely wrong somewhere.Summary of Paper Volume and Football Fields
Data Capacity of a Letter-Sized Page
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Average Text Capacity:
- Approximately 500 to 600 words
- About 2,500 to 3,000 characters
- Roughly 2,500 to 3,000 bytes (using standard ASCII/UTF-8)
Total Pages for 100 Exabytes
- 100 Exabytes = 10^20 bytes
- Average Bytes per Page: 2,750 bytes
- Total Pages: Approximately 36.4 trillion pages
Volume of the Paper
- Volume of One Page:
- Volume = 8.5 inches x 11 inches x 0.004 inches ≈ 0.000374 cubic inches
- Total Volume for 36.4 Trillion Pages:
- Total volume ≈ 7.89 million cubic feet
Volume of a Football Field
- Dimensions:
- Length: 120 yards (360 feet)
- Width: 53.3 yards (160 feet)
- Height: 10 feet
- Volume: Approximately 576,000 cubic feet
Football Fields Needed to Hold the Paper
- Calculation:
- Number of football fields ≈ 7,890,000 cubic feet / 576,000 cubic feet ≈ 14
- Result: Approximately 14 football
Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 3 months ago
1.618x10^7 at a height of bill gates
hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He was hoarding all the toilet paper in the corona supermarket wars. New conspiracy unlocked. /s