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August 21, 2013 12:00 am PDT
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What would it cost to continuously print out every edit toWikipedia?
In a recent What If...?, XKCD's Randall Munroe tackles the important question: "If you had a printed version of the whole of (say, the English) Wikipedia, how many printers would you need in order to keep up with the changes made to the live version?" Turns out the answer is SIX, but it would cost $500,000 a month for the ink, and you'd need 300m^3 a month to store the paper.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/k9ut6e8sRJs/story01.htm
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