The amount of digitally stored information in the world as of May 2009 [1] is in the order of 2^71. There's no way a single process in a Linux distro will live

The amount of digitally stored information in the world as of May 2009 [1] is in the order of 2^71. There's no way a single process in a Linux distro will live long enough to read 2^80 bytes for the foreseeable future. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/may/18/digital-content-expansion http://www.theguardian.com/business/2009/may/18/digital-cont...