http://www.channel4.com/programmes/britains-trillion-pound-horror-story/
Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story aired in November 2010 in Up to Our Eyeballs on Channel 4. In order to allow the viewer to visualise the £4.8trillion of national debt the film maker Martin Durkin used an animated clip showing a stack of £50 notes leaving the earth's atmosphere and reaching 6,561miles high. Considering a £50 note is equivalent to 0.11mm and a 1mm stack is equal to just under £500, it really emphasises the actuality of such a vast amount.
Providing the actuality of information storage on redundant technology in relation to modern day devices, draws an interesting parallel. Representing a 2GB laptop is nothing when contemplating a 16GB USB stick. Everything is smaller, quicker, better, but reliability can always come into question.
Britain's Trillion Pound Horror Story aired in November 2010 in Up to Our Eyeballs on Channel 4. In order to allow the viewer to visualise the £4.8trillion of national debt the film maker Martin Durkin used an animated clip showing a stack of £50 notes leaving the earth's atmosphere and reaching 6,561miles high. Considering a £50 note is equivalent to 0.11mm and a 1mm stack is equal to just under £500, it really emphasises the actuality of such a vast amount.
Providing the actuality of information storage on redundant technology in relation to modern day devices, draws an interesting parallel. Representing a 2GB laptop is nothing when contemplating a 16GB USB stick. Everything is smaller, quicker, better, but reliability can always come into question.
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