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Article #8811Re: How many bits are necessary to store the universe?
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:17
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 11:17
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In article <JWHdf.22855$rP3.1004@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, "Black Knight" <Androcles@castle.edu> wrote: > >"Eliot Coweye" <cia_deviator@lycos.com> wrote in message >news:1131882729.448179.125510@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... >> Just in case I want to program my own universe or digitize the existing >> universe on a computer, how many bits do I need to create a working >> universe? > >Just in case you want to program your own universe, as many as you >need. > >Just in case you want to digitize the existing universe, your computer is >part of it. Which is a very important problem that coders encounter often. We called it CATCH-22. Other examples are deadly embraces and...ptui...the other term just dropped out of my head. >Not even Google can handle a paltry little googolplex. Which would be a wonderful homework problem about number representations in binary. /BAH
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