Whether the LHC discovers the Higgs or not, it has already provided billions of dollars worth of comic value. The NY Times article, which I’m sure Eliezer was referring to, is worth its weight in gold.
A broadsheet is about 29x23 inches (the full spread). The paper density for newsprint appears to be around 45 grams per square meter. This gives us 0.430 m^2, or 19.35 grams. At gold prices of 38.62 USD per gram, we get 747.3 USD. Not too shabby—I’d like to be paid in gold weight per article written :-)
Notes:
Weight of ink not accounted for. On the other hand, an article doesn’t take a full broadsheet spread.
Values are general and not specific to NYTimes.
I just pulled this stuff out of Google in a couple of minutes. Don’t use it to trade gold, that’s all I’m saying.
Whether the LHC discovers the Higgs or not, it has already provided billions of dollars worth of comic value. The NY Times article, which I’m sure Eliezer was referring to, is worth its weight in gold.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all
Exactly how much does a NY Times article weigh?
A broadsheet is about 29x23 inches (the full spread). The paper density for newsprint appears to be around 45 grams per square meter. This gives us 0.430 m^2, or 19.35 grams. At gold prices of 38.62 USD per gram, we get 747.3 USD. Not too shabby—I’d like to be paid in gold weight per article written :-)
Notes:
Weight of ink not accounted for. On the other hand, an article doesn’t take a full broadsheet spread.
Values are general and not specific to NYTimes.
I just pulled this stuff out of Google in a couple of minutes. Don’t use it to trade gold, that’s all I’m saying.
It seems ‘worth its weight in gold’ also explains why the articles are available free at nytimes.com.