Wikipedia in your pocket

[John Clark]

I was reading a review if a new solid state memory stick that can contain 8TB of data, 

WD Black SN850X 8TB SSD review: The no-compromise 8TB champion

and I remembered that in the 1990s I spent nearly $1000 (and in expensive 1990s dollars too), on a disk drive that was much slower than a solid-state memory and could only hold a pitiful 170 megabytes of data.  It occurred to me that the entire English language Wikipedia is only about 20TB, so just three of those very small sticks could contain all of it with plenty of room to spare. They cost about $750 each (in much cheaper 2024 dollars), so for $2250 you could put Wikipedia in your pocket. Or if you wanted to save a lot of money, you could buy six 4TB memory sticks which only cost about $30 each, so your total bill would be less than $200; it would be a little bulkier but you could still fit it in your pocket.  

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[Brent Meeker]

But would be a lot harder to search.

Brent

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