blog: Wired : The Petabyte Age: Because More Isn't Just More — More Is Different
Submitted by tobiasb on Sun, 13/07/2008 - 20:32.
My friend Andi from TextGrid pointed me to WIRED MAGAZINE: Issue 16.07.
The Petabyte Age: Because More Isn't Just More — More Is Different: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/magazine/16-07/pb_i...
The End of Science: The Quest for knowledge used to begin with grand theories. Now it begins with massive amounts of data. Welcome to the Petabyte Age.
Of interest to the e-Science community might be that the U.S. Census data from 1790 to today is larger than youtube, the weather and the universe!
Some of you might remember Melissa Terras' workshops on the subject: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slais/research/reach/
