Google ETA? 300 years to index the world's info

Iria · Oct 8, 2005, 11:58 PM

It could take 300 years to index all the world's information and make it searchable, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt predicted on Saturday at the Association of National Advertisers annual conference in Phoenix.

"We did a math exercise and the answer was 300 years," Schmidt said in response to an audience question asking for a projection of how long the company's mission will take. "The answer is it's going to be a very long time."

Of the approximately 5 million terabytes of information out in the world, only about 170 terabytes have been indexed, he said earlier during his speech.
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MitchRapp · Oct 9, 2005, 12:41 AM

well obviously.... think of the billions of books ever written... in all the languages... from all the cultures.... past and present ...................... I'm a historian and I'm telling ya it'll take THAT long... (and this is NOT counting the 300 years of new information from now until they index "everything" from the beginning of Mankind to 2006 ... 2006-2306 will be another story if we get there)

Oct 8, 2005, 11:58 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Google ETA? 300 years to index the world's info It could take 300 years to index all the world's information and make it searchable, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt predicted on Saturday at the Association of National Advertisers annual conference in Phoenix. "We did a math exercise and the answer was 300 years," Schmidt said in response to an audience question asking for a projection of how long the company's mission will take. "The answer is it's going to be a very long time." Of the approximately 5 million terabytes of information out in the world, only about 170 terabytes have been indexed, he said earlier during his speech. __________ Read More / Source: News.com

Oct 9, 2005, 12:41 AM	#2
MitchRapp a.k.a. pepiman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Montreal Posts: 998 Rep Power: 49 System Specs	well obviously.... think of the billions of books ever written... in all the languages... from all the cultures.... past and present ...................... I'm a historian and I'm telling ya it'll take THAT long... (and this is NOT counting the 300 years of new information from now until they index "everything" from the beginning of Mankind to 2006 ... 2006-2306 will be another story if we get there)