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A rough calculation suggests that 50,000 copies of the complete works of Shakespeare would fit on a smart phone. Astounding as this might have been 20 years ago, it is now a mundane fact about consumer electronics, as the ability to miniaturize and store data has kept pace with the increased processing power found in the devices that we use, write David Castle and Mark Leggott.Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY DAVID CASTLE, MARK LEGGOTT

May 7, 2018

VICTORIA, B.C.—A rough calculation suggests that 50,000 copies of the complete works of Shakespeare would fit on a smart phone. Astounding as this might have been 20 years ago, it is now a mundane fact about consumer electronics, as the ability to miniaturize and store data has kept pace with the ...

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