Can we tweet it in a QR code?? On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 3:13 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* [email protected] *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
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