One could say that the size of the internet is, up to isomorphism, 2; very precise but as useful as you predict.
-- Mike On Aug 15, 2013, at 6:04 PM, Tony Tauber <ttau...@1-4-5.net> wrote: > All this goes to the point that the original question was poorly worded and > I daresay ill-conceived. > There's no "one number" or "one metric", much less "one definition". > It all depends on what the real question is that you're trying to answer > and why. > > There is plenty of room for study; though it's necessary to start with some > circumscribed question. > Of course the answers you may get won't likely then be readily applicable > to answering some other question that may come in the future. > > Tony > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 12:30 PM, Scott Howard <sc...@doc.net.au> wrote: > >> You'd almost think this was a technology mailing list given some of the >> answers... (ohh.. wait!) >> >> How about this - the size of the Internet is just short of 3 billion. >> >> That's the number of people that have access to it. To me, that's a far >> more telling number than anything around IP address or Exabytes of data. >> >> Scott >>
