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18. $100 trillion is only about 7X current US GNP! And for just pennies on the dollar more,

Thu Jun 13, 2013, 10:52 AM

Jun 2013

we could build spy-centers on Mars!

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Yottabyte equals a million billions of gigabytes. some info on the Utah NSA site. [View all] trumad Jun 2013 OP

Very informative... ljm2002 Jun 2013 #1

updated---and thanks trumad Jun 2013 #5

That's a lot of porn. nt onehandle Jun 2013 #2

It takes a lot of computing power to drive Google for Tyrants. n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #3

We (Arkansas) had a young soldier go missing from that facility BlueToTheBone Jun 2013 #4

Bingo trumad Jun 2013 #8

ROFL snooper2 Jun 2013 #16

Then why are you bringing it up? cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #28

At no point in my post do I "seem to accept them doing it". cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #30

Agree. n/t lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #15

At this time the cost of a yottabyte storage estimated at $100 trillion Progressive dog Jun 2013 #7

OKay Progressive dog Jun 2013 #20

the Forbes article was copied poorly from Wired Progressive dog Jun 2013 #27

Yep, 'atza lotta data Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #10

Well they got 80 billion trumad Jun 2013 #11

I'm thinking more like a *LOT* of folks Cirque du So-What Jun 2013 #12

How much power is "65 megawatts of electricity a year"? Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #13

Can't be answered, no such amount Progressive dog Jun 2013 #21

65 Megawatt-Hours per year would make sense. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #22

the article at wired doesn't say what the Forbes journalist thinks it does Progressive dog Jun 2013 #25

You know what's real spiffey..... wandy Jun 2013 #17

That's some sweet pork right there... KittyWampus Jun 2013 #24