en.fabianonline.de - Comments

Al -: Keyboard in the dishwasher

nospam@example.com (Al -) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:28:21 +0100

Good information and content..Will use THanks AL

Moti Karmona: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Moti Karmona) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:34:09 +0200

I think is is bigger than you think... = ~1.3 Peta of known/indexed web which might hide a ~600 Peta of deeper web (!)

Richard McLaughlin: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Richard McLaughlin) — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:41:25 +0100

very interesting numbers. I don't like the wiki swag at the deep internet, the number is - well, we don't know. Let's call it 500 billion.
Fun read

Anonymous: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com () — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:28:15 +0100

so it was just a bullshit guess then?

Fabian Schlenz: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Fabian Schlenz) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:46:31 +0100

Well, in order to be able to calculate the amount of pages needed to print the whole internet, I had to know how many sheets of paper a single page would need when printed out. Since I couldn't find any data on this, I had to think of an approximation of this value - which resulted in my theory of three sheets of paper per web page.

simon: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (simon) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 18:13:22 +0100

Why do you need 3 pages to print a web page?

Anonymous: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:31:26 +0100

Fuck you, sir.

Dave: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Dave) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 09:43:59 +0100

Why would you want to print webpages anyway ? Most of them are dynamic in some way or other and would really lose a lot of their appeal when printed. As an example, here I am commenting on your webpage so that everyone else can see my comment. I can't do that with a printed version...

As for the weight, coal and oil tankers weigh about 600,000 tonnes so the amount you calculated would weigh about one-fifth of that. The enormous, yellow dirt trucks they use in open-cut mines weigh about 100,000 tonnes, which is pretty close. Ironically, there are trees that weigh about that much. (http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?x=sequoia_tree__redwood_tree__tree__terrestrial_plant__plant)

If you were going to attempt this, I think you would use a smaller font size and strip things like headers, footers and navigation out. (which people should be doing with their "print" stylesheets anyway) That way you could get each webpage on to a single sheet of paper instead of three. I'd also go for a belt-feed printer rather than a sheet-feed printer which improves the speed at which you can print and allows you to use a lower weight paper without having to worry about jams. Newspaper printers use this sort of printing press.

So, now we have 40GSM paper and only one A4 sheet (to be guillotined after printing) per webpage. There are almost exactly 16 A4 sheets in one square metre so every 16 pages is 40 grams. This makes 20,000 tonnes of paper once it's all printed. I think your estimate of 20KB per page is a bit ambitious but since Google have already indexed all of that, you don't need an internet connection. Just mosey on over to the Google headquarters and ask them for a copy. They could put it on a floppy disk for you. :)

yourmom: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (yourmom) — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 07:39:01 +0100

yet just another website with useless information...from someone who can't think of anything better to do with their life.

Dwayne Charrington: The size of the internet

nospam@example.com (Dwayne Charrington) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:38:43 +0100

Wow! I have to hand it to you dude, that was mind blowingly amazing to read. Seriously, I've never thought of such a thing and to think that it would use that much paper to print the internet is just absolutely crazy.

Awesome post. You just imploded my mind.

- Dwayne Charrington.
http://www.dwaynecharrington.com

Fabian Schlenz: Keyboard in the dishwasher

nospam@example.com (Fabian Schlenz) — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:34:04 +0100

Hmm... now that you mention it... I don't remember swapping those two keys afterwards...

I'm not using that keyboard anymore (got a new one for christmas last year ;-) ), but the old one should be hiding not far away... I'm gonna search for it and then check the keys. ;-)

Cláudio: Keyboard in the dishwasher

nospam@example.com (Cláudio) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:11:20 +0100

I think there are at least two keys, from the group of those you were "absolutely sure" :-P, that are mixed. The 'alt' and the window key, between left 'ctrl' and 'space'. If those work well, i'm impressed :-D.

By the way, that looked to be fun... good post

Fabian Schlenz: Keyboard in the dishwasher

nospam@example.com (Fabian Schlenz) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:53:56 +0100

Of course you could just buy a new keyboard - but that wouldn't be half as much fun as putting it into the dishwasher. ;-)

denon: Keyboard in the dishwasher

nospam@example.com (denon) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:15:08 +0100

May as well just buy a new keyboard rather than spending hours doing this for a crappy old one

Michael: White Christmas

nospam@example.com (Michael) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:57:46 +0100

Well yeah,
not only can you buy Dominosteine (what's that in english - dominoe stones?) in the beginning of November, no, you can also hear christmas songs two months early. Ewww