Love it! /drops mic
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]> wrote: > Vlogbrother @Hankgreen sends Wikipedia to the moon. > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, James Alexander < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> errr, I was typing a longer response but saw Joe's come in first and he >> basically covered it all :) so...what Joe said on all accounts. I like "You'd >> need 27 square kilometers to print a QR code of Wikipedia" Perhaps a >> leading question after that? "Where would you put that so that you could >> scan it?" may/may not push for comments on the facebook post as answers :). >> >> James Alexander >> Community Advocacy >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:59 AM, Joe Sutherland < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's Hank, not John!! :) @hankgreen >>> >>> Comments below :) >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On 28 August 2015 at 19:54, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello everyone, >>>> >>>> YouTube personalities, the "Vlogbrothers", have a video of how one >>>> could encode and decode all of English Wikipedia onto a QR code. It's >>>> fantastic! >>>> >>>> >>>> t: Could you get all of English Wikipedia by scanning one QR code? >>>> Vlogbro @johngreen finds out. >>>> >>> >>> @hankgreen :) >>> >>> >>>> >>>> t: How large would a QR code need to be to scan all 24 trillion bytes >>>> of English Wikipedia? >>>> >>> >>> I like this, needs a "the" before "English" though. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> t: Vlogbrother @johngreen does the math of how to fit English Wikipedia >>>> – on a QR code? >>>> >>> >>> Again, @hankgreen :) >>> >>> >>>> >>>> F/G: How big would the QR code need to be to fit all 24 trillion bytes >>>> of English Wikipedia? We'd have to put it on the moon. >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH9S9jTfUIU >>>> >>> >>> Just leave this as a question I think. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> F/G: Vlogbrother John Green tackles the math and physics of encoding >>>> and decoding Wikipedia ...onto a QR code. >>>> >>> >>> I feel like it would be good to make light of the size of the QR code. >>> Something like "You'd need 27 square kilometers to print a QR code of >>> Wikipedia" or something more engaging! >>> >>> >>>> F/G: The QR code for all of English Wikipedia is so large it would have >>>> to be placed on the moon. >>>> >>> >>> I like this!! >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for reviewing! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Guss >>>> Research Analyst >>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Joe Sutherland* >>> Communications Intern [remote] >>> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >>> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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