Comment Re:Exponential growth (Score 1) 384
> By 2010, we could expect more bits per second of internet traffic than there are atoms in the universe.
This statement is so wonderfully wrong (off by some 55 orders of magnitude) that I wonder if you were actually trying to demonstrate the effect of people swallowing any outrageous claim. In fact, around 10 people posted comments without challenging you.
You can see it even without a calculator: if you double every 100 days you will get a little more than a factor of 10 in a year. From 1995 until today you have 7 years in which you say that the internet traffic should have increased from 1x10^9 bps to 5x10^16 bits, an increase of 5x10^7. (You did that part right, BTW).
From today until 2010 you will then increase by another app. 5x10^8 which will take you to about 2.5x10^25 bps. That's about the number of atoms in half a bottle of whisky. Of course, many people do regard that as their Universe.
It would in fact take another 50 years (to about 2060) to get to 1x10^80 bps.
This statement is so wonderfully wrong (off by some 55 orders of magnitude) that I wonder if you were actually trying to demonstrate the effect of people swallowing any outrageous claim. In fact, around 10 people posted comments without challenging you.
You can see it even without a calculator: if you double every 100 days you will get a little more than a factor of 10 in a year. From 1995 until today you have 7 years in which you say that the internet traffic should have increased from 1x10^9 bps to 5x10^16 bits, an increase of 5x10^7. (You did that part right, BTW).
From today until 2010 you will then increase by another app. 5x10^8 which will take you to about 2.5x10^25 bps. That's about the number of atoms in half a bottle of whisky. Of course, many people do regard that as their Universe.
It would in fact take another 50 years (to about 2060) to get to 1x10^80 bps.
