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Correction for the amount of a Compact Disc

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How much is 830 nibbles?
It's about 0.0000006 times as much as a Compact Disc
The amount of a Compact Disc is about 1,546,000,000 nibbles.
(80-minute, 360,000 sector disc; "Red Book" specifications)
A typical, 80-minute capacity compact disc, commonly known as a 1,468,000,000 nibbles disc will actually hold 1,546,000,000 nibbles of data. Such disks are 1.2 mm (0.047 in) thick.
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