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npk

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43. The stupid sure is thick. Well at least you got something right
Tue Jun 11, 2013, 03:36 PM
Jun 2013

Yes phone calls are just massive amount of space of a hard disk. Golly gee mama we got a gigabyte of date at Wally Mart. You could probably store a million 5 minute phone calls on a Terabyte of disc storage, no larger than a loaf of bread. They have all these fancy things today to make files smaller.

Whoohhooooo.

The stupid is thick today. There isn't enough disk space in the world to store all of that Recursion Jun 2013 #1
It's secret man sharp_stick Jun 2013 #15
They're storing it all in those FEMA camps. MineralMan Jun 2013 #22
It's in Utah, even Wired Magazine knows... hughee99 Jun 2013 #26
A Yottabyte analogy AZ Progressive Jun 2013 #38
Yatta! Electric Monk Jun 2013 #55
That facility won't be up until Sept 2013 the last I read. n/t tammywammy Jun 2013 #40
That's what I heard, but it should be more than sufficient to store all of this information hughee99 Jun 2013 #58
Global Information Grid (GIG) MADem Jun 2013 #44
While I don't think it is being stored metalbot Jun 2013 #25
I'm more conservative about the codec than you are, I guess Recursion Jun 2013 #30
A room with an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters. longship Jun 2013 #29
I just saw a link for .12 MB min compression. napoleon_in_rags Jun 2013 #32
Then I'm not worried, having seen closed-captioning in action Recursion Jun 2013 #34
Lol! nt napoleon_in_rags Jun 2013 #35
It's worse than Bad Lip Reading!!!! nt MADem Jun 2013 #51
The stupid sure is thick. Well at least you got something right npk Jun 2013 #43
Of course there is. It could very easily be stored. Marr Jun 2013 #46
Fusion Centers Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #54
And you know this how? /nt Drale Jun 2013 #2
LOL! HappyMe Jun 2013 #3
Wow. A 'whistleblower' right here at DU. onehandle Jun 2013 #4
You win funniest thread of the day zappaman Jun 2013 #5
Sorry, that is not what happens.it is actually stored in area 51 still_one Jun 2013 #6
I'm hoping they've closed-captioned the convos. OilemFirchen Jun 2013 #7
Voices just waiting to be released to the government Politicalboi Jun 2013 #8
Obama told me on my phone he eavesdrops on that he likes your avatar! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2013 #10
I got my eavesdropper to HappyMe Jun 2013 #13
Hey now we don't need to pay baby sitters! VanillaRhapsody Jun 2013 #36
Proof by repetition. That's a new one. nt Dreamer Tatum Jun 2013 #9
That's why I only communicate by semaphore. Orrex Jun 2013 #11
Try and improve your flag technique sharp_stick Jun 2013 #18
There's only one thing sparing you from a naughty "long lens" joke Orrex Jun 2013 #23
Can you avoid wearing your bright yellow shirt? pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #19
You can pry my yellow shirt from my cold, dead back. Orrex Jun 2013 #24
Smoke signals are the future. HappyMe Jun 2013 #41
and now they are doing it legally....... Marrah_G Jun 2013 #12
You need to stop being so mean to your sister-in-law snooper2 Jun 2013 #14
It doesn't matter to me anymore, there's so much wrong here that I Zorra Jun 2013 #16
I hope they didn't record the one where I asjr Jun 2013 #17
Link to a reliable source, or it didn't happen. MineralMan Jun 2013 #20
PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE! rrneck Jun 2013 #21
It's right there with the Ark RockaFowler Jun 2013 #39
Yes, they did. In the Bush years. -eom gcomeau Jun 2013 #27
Its not the VA. GeorgeGist Jun 2013 #28
Okay now, who's been listening to Alex Jones???? Zen Democrat Jun 2013 #31
Data is meaningless until it is mined. If you knew what you were talking about, you would know this. MjolnirTime Jun 2013 #33
It's the NSA's top secret mined-reading program! Orrex Jun 2013 #56
that's an amazingly stupid veganlush Jun 2013 #37
well thank goodness hfojvt Jun 2013 #42
... Cali_Democrat Jun 2013 #45
Wrong: They are being stored in the basement of WTC 7. Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2013 #47
I knew Bubba Ho-Tep was true! I knew it! nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #52
Right.... EC Jun 2013 #48
We're gonna need a bigger hard drive. randome Jun 2013 #57
Yeah but ... but ... but ... Benghazi!!11! lpbk2713 Jun 2013 #49
Repeat it all you want, but that won't make it true. n/t pnwmom Jun 2013 #50
The NSA beams all of the calls to my fillings! So I never take my tin foil helmet off. FSogol Jun 2013 #53
When they want to retrieve the data, expect a visit from this guy... pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #59
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