World-O-Meter

Merika · 02-09-2006, 11:34 PM

http://worldometers.info/

This is outstanding information. I liked the cumulative hours waited for internet to download this year in real time figures.

Which area did you find interesting?

Vautrin · 02-10-2006, 06:52 AM

It was all very interesting

Merika · 02-10-2006, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Vautrin

It was all very interesting

Thanks for sharing that since it's such a big discussion starter.

JUST KIDDING..... :P

Luba · 02-10-2006, 08:29 AM

Sounds like something I don't dare look at before going to work, I won't have time to check out the other threads; will definitely check it out later...

Vautrin · 02-10-2006, 08:31 AM

The number of lightning strikes really surprises me. We barely have lightning in this part of the country, and if we do, it is only a few times in the year.

And the cumulative waiting hours for downloads is massively scary.

Merika · 02-10-2006, 08:35 AM

I wonder how they calculate how much time people actually wait for downloads?

Vautrin · 02-10-2006, 08:41 AM

You could use the data of a few companies (in research), the number of downloads that are made, and guess a bit more.

As far as I understand it, they simply take the expected count for the whole year, divide it by the number of seconds in a year, and keep adding the count / second for each second. Not too complicated (at least for most statistics).

Merika · 02-10-2006, 09:04 AM

AHHH Dammit....I thought it was up to the minute accurate. I guess I can quit holding my breath while watching the energy produced -vs- usage. LOL!

Adonaicole · 02-10-2006, 02:42 PM

I was looking at: "miles Earth has traveled in space within our Solar System this year" and calculated the earth is traveling through space at 1,000 miles per minute. So if I was to leave the earth for like 3 minutes, I could be in Florida. Hmmm he says as he goes to work on his anti-gravity engine. :jedisled:

Ayla · 02-10-2006, 05:07 PM

that link was cool

Vautrin · 02-10-2006, 05:15 PM

Adonai, if you know the distance from the Earth to the sun, you can just as easily calculate the distance the earth covers in a whole year, by multiplying that distance with pi.

Divide that by the number of seconds in a year, et voila.

Merika · 02-11-2006, 07:40 PM

I can't do that kind of math! :?

Vautrin · 02-11-2006, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Merika

I can't do that kind of math! :?

That is why the formulas are made very simple,

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Merika · 02-12-2006, 10:08 AM

No....that's why finding a site where someone ELSE did the formulas is simple.