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Article #8818Re: How many bits are necessary to store the universe?
From: Gregory L. Hansen
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:55
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:55
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In article <1131882729.448179.125510@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Eliot Coweye <cia_deviator@lycos.com> wrote: >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? > Binary bits? An infinite number of them to store the state of each particle to arbitrary precision. -- "We don't grow up hearing stories around the camp fire anymore about cultural figures. Instead we get them from books, TV or movies, so the characters that today provide us a common language are corporate creatures" -- Rebecca Tushnet
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