Overload

[rejectomorph]

I can't believe I just spent four hours rooting around in the Los Angeles Public Library photo archives, and I only saw about 200 of the more than 2,500,000 pictures they have there. Crap! I'll never see them all. I'll be dead before I can see a tenth of them! Too much information!

Comments

[paul.livejournal.com]

Actually, it depends on if you are planning on doing anything else with your life (like sleeping/eating) and if you can speed up how long it takes to view each photo.

240 / 200 = 12 minutes per photo
12 x 250,000 = 3,000,000 minutes
3,000,000 / 60 = 50,000 hours
50,000 / 24 = 2083 days
2083 / 365 = 5.7 years

It's possible, but probably unwise in one sitting. If you spent 1/3rd of your life viewing them (more possible, but still unwise) it would take 18 years, assuming Sluggo doesn't pack in.

[rejectomorph]

I guess I could give it a shot, but I suspect that in 18 years, they could easily double the size of the collection, and I'd be right back where I started. I will be the Sisyphus of the internet.

[diapholom.livejournal.com]

i think you'd get some real satisfaction in discovering yourself