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Because the digits are (in terms of compression) random, and take at least 3.3 bits each, 500,000,000,000 digits is over 200 gigabytes of data! Downloading that

Because the digits are (in terms of compression) random, and take at least 3.3 bits each, 500,000,000,000 digits is over 200 gigabytes of data! Downloading that would take a long time and cost a lot for both parties. Generating it again would only take 12.8 days...

sirsar 11y ago
> Downloading of digits is no longer available due to the massive bandwidth requirements. Your best bet is to directly contact one of the record holders and see if they still have a copy of the digits. Seems like a case for the high-bandwidth high-latency hard-drive-by-mail method.