Comment on How to Store Data on Paper?parentComments−CorrectHorseBat1yInformation is ~log(possible states) according to Shannon.Log(25)/log(4) is 2.3. Among other things this definition has the nice property that two disks/pages/drives/bits together contain the sum of the capacities instead of their product.−baobun1yTo expand if it helps intuition: As data data density grows, the largest representable number grows exponentially.
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Information is ~log(possible states) according to Shannon.
Log(25)/log(4) is 2.3. Among other things this definition has the nice property that two disks/pages/drives/bits together contain the sum of the capacities instead of their product.
To expand if it helps intuition: As data data density grows, the largest representable number grows exponentially.