I haven't read all the replies in detail, but why not use qubits instead of bits? It's boss, hip, trendy, and cool anyway... guaranteed to rachet up your sales ;)
On 3/14/13, Schwartz, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know how many characters 1 petabyte of text would be? > > I'm writing a story about the history of image scanners from the perspective > of a cyborg from the 26th century. > > I'm at a section where I'm claiming that a full explanation of the history > would take up 1 petabyte worth of characters, so it needs to be condensed in > the manner I(the cyborg) is illustrating. > > ++ > > If anyone figures it out, could you also provide your calculation, I'd be > very interested to see how that works. > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
