Comments on: Fun Science - How many megabytes in the human body? http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body Not Your Average Geek Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:37:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Lirik http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2590 Lirik Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:11:35 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2590 The human genome actually contains about 681 MB of data, so when you calculated 1 GB you weren't far off. The other thing is that each sperm contains the full DNA sequence so that's 681 MB per sperm and with 180 million sperms that turns out to be about 114.161521 petabytes of information in a single "transfer." The human genome actually contains about 681 MB of data, so when you calculated 1 GB you weren’t far off. The other thing is that each sperm contains the full DNA sequence so that’s 681 MB per sperm and with 180 million sperms that turns out to be about 114.161521 petabytes of information in a single “transfer.”

]]> By: Paul http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2480 Paul Sun, 14 Nov 2010 15:09:56 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2480 Great article. You should take into account our flora. Great article. You should take into account our flora.

]]> By: james barkley http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2105 james barkley Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:45:29 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2105 my God!, i thought. and this only after searching out the answer to a question my 12 year old son and i came up with. here's an interesting tangent. think of the how and to what extent the range of information and processing capacity a divine creator would need to implement a human being and its supportive existance, i.e. universe? hmmm. or what would the statistical probability be on the randomness of the human development in a structural sense without one (a divine creator, that is) my God!, i thought. and this only after searching out the answer to a question my 12 year old son and i came up with. here’s an interesting tangent. think of the how and to what extent the range of information and processing capacity a divine creator would need to implement a human being and its supportive existance, i.e. universe? hmmm.
or what would the statistical probability be on the randomness of the human development in a structural sense without one (a divine creator, that is)

]]> By: Container http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2090 Container Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:17:28 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-2090 Yeah, great stuff! I wondered today how much a dna is in mb and googled out this page... Its amazing, that a CD (or so) of bytes can be used so efficiently to store the whole human body information. That is a hell of a good compression if you ask me :) --> Afaik, every cell holds data (in dna) for all possible cells in our body, but each cell only uses small part of the "register" according to its neighbour cells ... (this true?) And to the fun part of "sexual data transfer": You should count in, that only a tiny percentage of one's "data streams" (or "uploads" hehe) even reach the receiver successfully! Man, what a waste of bandwidth! We should use torrents instead :) Yeah, great stuff! I wondered today how much a dna is in mb and googled out this page… Its amazing, that a CD (or so) of bytes can be used so efficiently to store the whole human body information. That is a hell of a good compression if you ask me :) –> Afaik, every cell holds data (in dna) for all possible cells in our body, but each cell only uses small part of the “register” according to its neighbour cells … (this true?)

And to the fun part of “sexual data transfer”: You should count in, that only a tiny percentage of one’s “data streams” (or “uploads” hehe) even reach the receiver successfully! Man, what a waste of bandwidth! We should use torrents instead :)

]]> By: Hao http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1982 Hao Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:08:48 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1982 <blockquote cite=""> 100,000,000,000 by 0.122 kilobytes, or 122 million (122,000,000) kilobytes </blockquote> 100,000,000,000 * 0.122 kb = 12,200,000,000 kb or 12.2 terabytes Your discussion of the information density in DNA <strong> ignores </strong> the information in the machinery. Without the necessary biological environment for producing proteins from DNA, the DNA is functionally meaningless as information. All the data on your computer hard drive is useless without the proper software & operating system to read it and interpret it.

100,000,000,000 by 0.122 kilobytes, or 122 million (122,000,000) kilobytes

100,000,000,000 * 0.122 kb = 12,200,000,000 kb or 12.2 terabytes

Your discussion of the information density in DNA ignores the information in the machinery. Without the necessary biological environment for producing proteins from DNA, the DNA is functionally meaningless as information. All the data on your computer hard drive is useless without the proper software & operating system to read it and interpret it.

]]> By: aarsh http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1959 aarsh Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1959 does this information differ with some cancers or the size or the age of the person? does this information differ with some cancers or the size or the age of the person?

]]> By: aarsh http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1958 aarsh Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:07:46 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1958 this stuff is hard to belive, but stranger things have happened. I was amazed that the human body is this complicated and also fun to read about. Anyways thanks for the article and just so you know my family likes this artice too. THANKS. this stuff is hard to belive, but stranger things have happened. I was amazed that the human body is this complicated and also fun to read about. Anyways thanks for the article and just so you know my family likes this artice too.
THANKS.

]]> By: gesundheit http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1955 gesundheit Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:26:42 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1955 Sehr wertvolle Informationen! Empfehlen! Sehr wertvolle Informationen! Empfehlen!

]]> By: vakoya http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1927 vakoya Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:47:06 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1927 i think that yeah that's what i thing!!! i think that yeah that’s what i thing!!!

]]> By: jennifer http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1885 jennifer Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:16:28 +0000 http://www.utheguru.com/fun-science-how-many-megabytes-in-the-human-body#comment-1885 what do you mean by gene and IS cancercell naturally in our body or not what do you mean by gene and IS cancercell naturally in our body or not

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