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wu :: forums    riddles    general problem-solving / chatting / whatever (Moderators: Eigenray, Icarus, william wu, Grimbal, ThudnBlunder, towr, SMQ)    Shift Happens « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Shift Happens  (Read 2290 times) ThudnBlunder wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler The dewdrop slides into the shining Sea     Gender: Posts: 4489 Shift Happens   « on: Sep 18th, 2008, 11:14am » Quote Modify Interesting. IP Logged THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.....................................................................er, if that's all right with the rest of you. towr wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler Some people are average, some are just mean.     Gender: Posts: 13730 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #1 on: Sep 18th, 2008, 11:41am » Quote Modify They go a bit off the deep end in the second half. IP Logged Wikipedia, Google, Mathworld, Integer sequence DB rmsgrey Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 2873 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #2 on: Sep 19th, 2008, 12:54pm » Quote Modify I suspect the 15 year prediction threshold is based on assumptions that ignore the effects of the exponential growth predicted upon the prediction threshold...   The bit about a week's worth of newspapers containing more information than an average person would learn in a lifetime in 1800 is only going to be true for very restrictive definitions of information. A high-quality map of even a small village and surrounds is going to contain more information, and most people in 1800 would have at least one of those in their head... IP Logged Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #3 on: Sep 19th, 2008, 1:27pm » Quote Modify That video is waaaay outdated.  Imagine, that was back in 2006!     About the amount of information in the 1800, that's probably about written information, or textual information transmitted orally. IP Logged JiNbOtAk Uberpuzzler Hana Hana No Mi     Gender: Posts: 1187 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #4 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 5:18am » Quote Modify When it says 40 exabytes of information are generated, and that's more than what the human race in the previous 5000 years, how exactly do you translate information ( which I take to mean knowledge ) to bytes ? IP Logged Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Grimbal wu::riddles Moderator Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 7527 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #5 on: Sep 26th, 2008, 9:16am » Quote Modify A high resolution picture is worth less than an equal amount of ASCII text. IP Logged JiNbOtAk Uberpuzzler Hana Hana No Mi     Gender: Posts: 1187 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #6 on: Sep 29th, 2008, 12:12am » Quote Modify on Sep 26th, 2008, 9:16am, Grimbal wrote: A high resolution picture is worth less than an equal amount of ASCII text.   And I thought a picture is worth a thousand words.   IP Logged Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? rmsgrey Uberpuzzler     Gender: Posts: 2873 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #7 on: Sep 29th, 2008, 8:43am » Quote Modify on Sep 29th, 2008, 12:12am, JiNbOtAk wrote:   And I thought a picture is worth a thousand words.   A thousand words is around 5-6k. A picture is rather larger... IP Logged iono Senior Riddler dehydrated water....     Gender: Posts: 516 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #8 on: Sep 30th, 2008, 7:24pm » Quote Modify that part about 70% of teens owning a handheld, not true where I live.             SHIfT-HAPPENS « Last Edit: Oct 6th, 2008, 9:13pm by iono » IP Logged So, if I help you, I'll get kicked for ksing, but if I don't, then I'll get kick for not helping... Roy42 Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 418 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #9 on: Oct 5th, 2008, 4:52pm » Quote Modify Where i live it's about %50 of kids. IP Logged Regards, ≈Roy42 JiNbOtAk Uberpuzzler Hana Hana No Mi     Gender: Posts: 1187 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #10 on: Oct 10th, 2008, 8:40pm » Quote Modify What are handhelds ?   Now that I think about it, what are teens ?   IP Logged Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Roy42 Senior Riddler     Gender: Posts: 418 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #11 on: Oct 13th, 2008, 10:18pm » Quote Modify And for that matter, what are Riddles IP Logged Regards, ≈Roy42 iono Senior Riddler dehydrated water....     Gender: Posts: 516 Re: Shift Happens   « Reply #12 on: Oct 14th, 2008, 7:49pm » Quote Modify What's what? IP Logged So, if I help you, I'll get kicked for ksing, but if I don't, then I'll get kick for not helping... Pages: 1  Reply Notify of replies Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- riddles -----------------------------  - easy   - medium   - hard   - what am i   - what happened   - microsoft   - cs   - putnam exam (pure math)   - suggestions, help, and FAQ => general problem-solving / chatting / whatever ----------------------------- general -----------------------------  - guestbook   - truth   - complex analysis   - wanted   - psychology   - chinese « Previous topic | Next topic »

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