Comments on: Google – It will take 300 years to index world’s data

By: Mark VandeWettering

Mark VandeWettering — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:49:59 +0000

170 out of 5 million terabytes is 0.0034%, not 0.000034%.

By: David

David — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 16:59:14 +0000

5 million existing terabytes. They’ll also have to index all the new stuff that’s being created as they index.

By: Jemaleddin

Jemaleddin — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 13:11:55 +0000

Actually, the reason it will take so long is that most of the world’s knowledge is stored in people’s brains – which means hunting down every last man, woman and child and extracting their brains.

By: cameron aka desk003

cameron aka desk003 — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 06:01:19 +0000

You’re fucking up! haha! That’s okay, it’s a saturday night, we’re all wasted.

By: Mal

Mal — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:39:55 +0000

This time you have gone too far.. :) You said 500 million, whereas their estimate is only 5 million…

By: Mal

Mal — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:26:02 +0000

Sorry, not 500 that should be.

By: Mal

Mal — Sun, 09 Oct 2005 05:25:14 +0000

Its says:
“Of the approximately 5 million terabytes of information out in the world, only about 170 terabytes have been indexed, he said earlier during his speech”

5 Million, not 5000..