If you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send? JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months ago message-square47fedilinkarrow-up139
arrow-up139message-squareIf you were tasked with putting together a message to send to space aliens, with the only restriction that the message had to be under 4GB, what would you send? JackGreenEarth ( @JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee ) Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months ago message-square47fedilink
minus-square iAmTheTot ( @iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) linkfedilink50•10 months ago4GB is an absolute fuck ton of text. Like, solid chunk of Wikipedia would fit in there.
minus-square sik0fewl ( @sik0fewl@kbin.social ) linkfedilink13•10 months agoIf you were restricted to just 700MM words, what would you say?
minus-square rgb3x3 ( @rgb3x3@beehaw.org ) linkfedilink1•10 months agoProbably just send them the encyclopedia brittanica
minus-square TonyTonyChopper ( @TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ) linkfedilink7•10 months agothe other day I learned you can download Wikipedia and it’s something like 50 GB of text plus 50 GB of pictures
minus-square B0rax ( @B0rax@feddit.de ) linkfedilink2•10 months agoA few years ago (~2010) I had the entire German Wikipedia on my 8gb iPod touch. It was only about 4gb in size without media.
minus-square BruceTwarzen ( @BruceTwarzen@kbin.social ) linkfedilink4•10 months agoSo you send them text that they can’t read?
minus-square iAmTheTot ( @iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) linkfedilink12•10 months agoI don’t think you appreciate how much text you can fit into 4GB. The first entire gigabyte could be dedicated to various means of translation and explaining our language system, and you’d still have a 500 million words left after that.
4GB is an absolute fuck ton of text. Like, solid chunk of Wikipedia would fit in there.
If you were restricted to just 700MM words, what would you say?
Probably just send them the encyclopedia brittanica
the other day I learned you can download Wikipedia and it’s something like 50 GB of text plus 50 GB of pictures
A few years ago (~2010) I had the entire German Wikipedia on my 8gb iPod touch. It was only about 4gb in size without media.
So you send them text that they can’t read?
I don’t think you appreciate how much text you can fit into 4GB. The first entire gigabyte could be dedicated to various means of translation and explaining our language system, and you’d still have a 500 million words left after that.