May

19

2004

1GB or 1TB? Is it a big deal?

WARNING: I reserve my right of posting bullshit on my own blog. The content of the post might be offensive to some of you folks. If you meet all of the following criteria below, you’d better stop reading right now and leave the blog ASAP.
1. You’ve snagged one or more Gmail account(s).
2. You’ve posted on your blog to show how you enter the seventh heaven with your Gmail account as a pass. This sort of info is featured with multiple excalmatory marks like “I’ve got a Gmail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” and something like that.
3. You’ve even embarked on writing a handbook for Gmail users.
4. You couldn’t help yourself and continue to make comments on others’ blogs to indicate you’ve got a Gmail.
5. You are thinking out grabbing another Gmail account as a birthday gift for your girlfriend/boyfriend.
6. You put your ogirinal Gmail email address like IamNotAfraidofYouSpammersCozIHaveMyGmail@gmail.com on your blog and welcome spamming.
You don’t? Congrats! We are the same Gmail-have-nots!!! Read along.
I’m thinking of adding a category named “complained” or “fed up with Gmail brags”. I don’t wanna act like a cynic but I might be in some sense. As the Chinese saying goes, eyes cannot hold a sand. As for me, my eyes can’t accomodate a 1GB/1TB/whatever-size-it-wants-to-be Gmail.
Gmail have stirred the blogosphere since its launch in April which was initially suspected as a joke of Fool’s day. Having been proven to be true, Gmail has been the superstar everybody is gossiping about. If you are not, you are out. The outcome is that I’ve read about tons of Gmail fans and would-be fans cheering up when they’ve got a Gmail account [ sorry for failing to offer any relevant links here. Never mean to offend any Gmail-haves ]. What’s more, they are playing with their big toys and writing tutorials for it. The tips and tricks of Gmail might be helpful to those elated with Gmails but not for me. At least so far I won’t pay any attention to them coz I’m really mad at those who keep reminding me I don’t have a Gmail. Also, I don’t care about if Google does indeed go terabyte or the terabyte giant is simply a typo. Hey, guys, you’ve got 1000MB for free and what else do you want? Do you think you can cram your Gmail with all your craps? Oh I got it — maybe 1 tebabytes sounds more attractive than “virtually unlimited“.
I have no idea if one day we would be marked as Gmail-haves and Gmail-have-nots. Possible. Look, it might be a new form of digital divide. I’ll fight to get a Gmail to avoid the jeopardy.
Yeah, you can tell. I’m jealous. I’m jealous.

8 comments

    liz on May 19th, 2004 at 7:27 pm

  • Hey man you make me feel bad for having a gmail account. if its any consolation i got mine on accident because my friend invited me to get one. and thus far, i have only had one e-mail come in. guess that gigabyte of space isn’t going to get used up anytime soon!

    • philewar on May 19th, 2004 at 8:09 pm

  • Yeah! It makes sense.
    GMail is a hell, too. Always.

    • 微笑的鱼 on May 19th, 2004 at 10:22 pm

  • 试一试
    好像中文也可以的哦

    • 大头绿豆 on May 20th, 2004 at 12:15 am

  • 哈哈，我也很反感那些事儿事儿的。Google这个公司的确值得欣赏，但是把欣赏他当作一个事业来做，上升到这样的高度，就很有趣了。

    • x on June 24th, 2004 at 9:49 am

  • Firstly, its TERABYTE not TERABYTES or TEBABYTE/S.
    Secondly, 1000 MB doesn’t equal 1 TERABYTE, 1024 MB equals 1 GIGABYTE.
    Bits:
    1 bit: A binary decision
    Bytes (8 Bits):
    1 byte: A single character
    10 bytes: A single word
    100 bytes: A sentence
    Kilobyte (1024 Bytes):
    1 Kilobyte: A page of text
    10 Kilobytes: The size of this web page
    100 Kilobytes: A compressed computer image OR a long essay
    Megabyte (1024 Kilobyte):
    1 Megabyte: A small novel OR A 3.5 inch floppy disk
    2 Megabytes: A high resolution photograph
    5 Megabytes: The complete works of Shakespeare
    10 Megabytes: A minute of high-fidelity sound
    100 Megabytes: 1 meter of shelved books
    500 Megabytes: A CD-ROM
    Gigabyte (1024 Megabyte):
    1 Gigabyte: A symphony in high-fidelity sound OR A movie at TV quality
    2 Gigabytes: 20 meters of shelved books
    10 Gigabytes: A good collection of the works of Beethoven
    20 Gigabytes: A VHS tape used for digital data
    50 Gigabytes: A floor of books
    100 Gigabytes: A floor of academic journals
    Terabyte (1024 Gigabyte):
    1 Terabyte: 50000 trees made into paper.
    2 Terabytes: An academic research library
    10 Terabytes: The printed collection of the US Library of Congress.
    100 Terabytes: The entire internet
    Petabyte (1024 Terabyte):
    1 Petabyte: 3 years of EOS data
    10 Petabytes: All US academic research libraries
    100 Petabytes: All printed material
    Exabyte (1024 Petabyte):
    1 Exabytes: All words ever spoken by human beings.
    Zettabyte (1024 Exabyte):
    Yottabyte (1024 Zettabyte):
    1 Yottabyte: Everything that there is

    • Mike on July 18th, 2005 at 8:57 pm

  • Hi. I am from Germany. My new page - “history of menegement” here:
    http://management.50webs.com/business-management-system.html

    • The dude on November 23rd, 2005 at 8:52 am

  • Dude i can send you a gmail account if you want; ill check back in a week.

    • Dan Li on November 27th, 2005 at 6:18 pm

  • Hi Dude,
    Thanks for the offer. I’ve got my Gmail.

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