Re: How many bits are necessary to store the universe?

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From: Jan Panteltje
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 20:38

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On a sunny day (Sun, 13 Nov 2005 19:15:20 GMT) it happened "Ron Baker,   
Pluralitas!" <stoshu@bellsouth.net.pa> wrote in
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>"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?
>>
>
>42
How about a parity bit?
;-)

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