NICTA (ICT research organisation in Australia) have something similar: http://www.tiniwiki.com/main/

I believe it's a demo application of some compression technology they've developed that can be updated with more recent content easily, but my first thought on hearing about it was "Didn't Patrick Collison already do this?"

This interview -- transcribed (very) directly from a Skype conversation -- makes me have so much respect for Obama's eloquence when speaking without notes. I need to improve.

It's possible to get "Don't panic!" engraved into the iPhone, right?

Since this is open-source, is there a fork for PC/Linux yet? I am not the slightest bit interested in the iphone, but having this on a USB stick would be handy.

Patrick was largely wasting his time... as everyone (and their pet arcturian megadonkey) knows the real whole sum of human knowledge can be compressed down to MOSTLY HARMLESS.

The rest of the 2GB might as well be filled with cocktail recipes.