Hank's talking just the text of just the English, which is nowhere near 24TB by any count. Not sure where he got that number from actually.
Joe On 28 August 2015 at 20:09, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > I actually think it likely is "roughly" correct, I'm looking it up now, > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Size_of_Wikipedia we said it was > 10 Trillion in 2013 and we've grown quite a lot since then. > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:07 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree Jan. I think its best not use that in direct copy. >> >> On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I think it would be worth cross checking wth analytics if 24 trillion >>> bytes is correct. It sounds a lot to me. >>> >>> >>> *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* >>> >>> Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> >>> 0729 - 67 29 48 >>> >>> >>> *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till >>> mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* >>> Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se> >>> >>> >>> 2015-08-28 21:01 GMT+02:00 Michael Guss <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Arghhhhhh!!! It is Hank! >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Guss >>>> Research Analyst >>>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- *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)>
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