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They kind of do store the internet though, don't they? They store a cached version of most pages.
by etskinner 4y ago
They kind of do store the internet though, don't they? They store a cached version of most pages.
- nexuist 4y agoTbh the source code of the whole internet would probably be a few PB at most, text is really cheap to store especially because it can be compressed. Images and videos are what makes the premise impossible because even with perfect compression you need an impossible amount of storage to store every video published by mankind.
- davrosthedalek 4y agoWell, most of that is on youtube, so they kinda have a copy anyway :)
- marginalia_nu 4y agoShould be noted HTML compresses extremely well.
- danuker 4y ago∞ * .1 = ∞ But the 25TB you showed above is a better prospect.
- simondotau 4y agoYeah but pages are HTML and HTML compresses extremely well. With the latest algorithms you could probably get as low as one byte per page. Probably even better with a decent middle-out compression algorithm. (Also yes, you are correct within the realm of reality, but not within the realm of comedy.) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and
- quickthrower2 4y agoJust take the “middle” out if the web. If it is more than 50kb excluding images but including css and scripts, just ignore that page.