> Finally, FWIW, 10000 is not considered "very large" these days; maybe
> 10,000,000,000 might be...

It's off topic, but I rather like Mike Driscoll's definition of big
data: it's too big to fit on a single machine and must be stored on
many (http://www.slideshare.net/dataspora/s-4455027).  A small dataset
is < 10 gb.

Hadley

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Assistant Professor / Dobelman Family Junior Chair
Department of Statistics / Rice University
http://had.co.nz/

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