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Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago. 256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It'

Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago. 256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It's only 4096 such drives.)

dtgriscom 3y ago
You can buy a 1TB microSD card for $150 now.
- danparsonson 3y ago
  What a time to be alive! Even those of us without a football field can lay out huge amounts of data in a straight line.
  - tempmac 3y ago
    dang I can hear the youtube channel voice
ziddoap 3y ago
>Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago 1GB flash drives are still 1GB today. >256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It's only 4096 such drives.) If we're completely changing what we're using for scale, you can fit a petabyte on ~10 100TB drives, which is like 3% the length of an olympic swimming pool.
NooneAtAll3 3y ago
...how large is a football field? is it supposed to be actual football one or the field for handegg?
- aidenn0 3y ago
  American Gridiron football, though Rugby League and Rugby Union (two other forms of football) use similar length fields/pitches. An Association Football pitch is almost always longer than a Gridiron field, depending on how you measure (it is typical to exclude the end-zones when measuring a Gridiron field, and while Rugby and Gridiron football have a playable area behind the goal (or try) line, Association Football does not. As a side-note Canadian Gridiron football uses a longer field than American Gridiron football, though (measuring between the goal lines) still slightly shorter than a typical Association Football pitch. Australian Rules Football is on a field typically longer even than an Association Football pitch, though I don't believe there is a regulation limiting the size.

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Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago. 256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It'

by vikingerik 3y ago

Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago. 256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It's only 4096 such drives.)

dtgriscom 3y ago
You can buy a 1TB microSD card for $150 now.
- danparsonson 3y ago
  What a time to be alive! Even those of us without a football field can lay out huge amounts of data in a straight line.
  - tempmac 3y ago
    dang I can hear the youtube channel voice
ziddoap 3y ago
>Not really unless you're using 1 GB flash drives from fifteen years ago 1GB flash drives are still 1GB today. >256 GB is now common, which would make that petabyte less than 1 football field. (It's only 4096 such drives.) If we're completely changing what we're using for scale, you can fit a petabyte on ~10 100TB drives, which is like 3% the length of an olympic swimming pool.
NooneAtAll3 3y ago
...how large is a football field? is it supposed to be actual football one or the field for handegg?
- aidenn0 3y ago
  American Gridiron football, though Rugby League and Rugby Union (two other forms of football) use similar length fields/pitches. An Association Football pitch is almost always longer than a Gridiron field, depending on how you measure (it is typical to exclude the end-zones when measuring a Gridiron field, and while Rugby and Gridiron football have a playable area behind the goal (or try) line, Association Football does not. As a side-note Canadian Gridiron football uses a longer field than American Gridiron football, though (measuring between the goal lines) still slightly shorter than a typical Association Football pitch. Australian Rules Football is on a field typically longer even than an Association Football pitch, though I don't believe there is a regulation limiting the size.