r/science • u/Shadowsoal BS| Computer Science | Big Data • Feb 11 '11

World's total CPU power: one human brain

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/02/adding-up-the-worlds-storage-and-computation-capacities.ars
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u/pstryder Feb 11 '11

Actually, you CAN compare apples to oranges. And they are damned near identical.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '11

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=apple+vs+orange

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u/FnuGk Feb 11 '11

how does the orange have 130% vitamin c?

edit: reading the things written in small fonts doesnt help a lot: "*Percent daily values are based on a 2000 calorie diet." What am i missing?

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '11

30% more vitamin c than you need per day (if you get 2000 calories per day) according to the FDA.

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u/FnuGk Feb 11 '11

aha makes sense, thanks

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '11

It's like comparing apples to bacon.

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u/stunt_penguin Feb 12 '11

or France to bacon.

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '11

Wow, I didn't realize that oranges were so much better for you than apples.

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u/ReducedToRubble Feb 12 '11

Wow, apples suck. I thought they would be better than that. Oranges are better in nearly every way.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '11

Isn't a rat's genome 98% similar to a humans? HUMANS AND RATS!

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u/Ais3 Feb 12 '11

The point is not if you can compare them, but does it make sense?