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Is the Universe its own Largest Computer?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-are-the-mice dept.

missingmatterboy writes: "If the universe is simply a giant calculating machine, how big is it? Seth Lloyd, who two years ago worked out the theoretical maximum possible power a laptop computer could posess, has now "estimated how much information the Universe can contain, and how many calculations it has performed since the Big Bang." His conclusion: you'd need about 10^90 bits, with something like 10^120 manipulations of those bits, to express the universe since time began."

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  1. that's about the same size... by tps12 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...as the Windows XP installer.

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  2. Re:500th redundant post time!! by Morphine007 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    since I am so original and witty, i must make an obscure geek reference. I, of course will be the only one to come up with this, nevermind the 499 people that did it in front of me...

    THE ANSWER IS OF COURSE 42!!

    I am so smart you are so stupid.

    hey.. fuckass... not all of us sit around and hit reload every three fucking seconds... fucking trolls....

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  3. Re:Okay, so what OS? by prizzznecious · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Congratulations on receiving positive moderation despite making the most obvious joke possible.

    How about this: we already knew that the universe didn't run THE WINDOWS because of the fast start-up time of the big bang!

    Or: Imagine a Virgo Supercluster of these!

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  4. physicists... by Guignol · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...and their wild calculations..*sigh*
    Only demo coders have as much spare time and willingness to let people know about it...
    Well at least demo coders end up with useful things for game programming :)
    Yeah yeah those physicists are entertaining too.. what was the last great thing to discuss ?
    Ah yes do schroedinger's farts smell if nobody hears them, or something like that...

  5. Re:Universe = Computer? by ph0rk · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    fuck the letter "g" in caps.

    also fuck the letters "s" and "h" in caps.

    (end rabid athiestic rant)

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  6. Re:Moore or less... by Gary+Bednerack · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you intelligent enouch to comprehend number bases? I think you aren't, or else you would have used hexadecimal (much more logical especially when dealing with doubling). You can redeem yourself by reposting with hexadecimal.