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Simulated Universe

Posted by Zonk on from the not-the-matrix dept.

anonymous lion writes "A story in the Guardian Unlimited reports on The Millennium Simulation saying that it is 'the biggest exercise of its kind'. It required 25 million megabytes of memory to take our universe's initial conditions along with the known laws of physics to create this simulated universe." From the article: "The simulated universe represents a cube of creation with sides that measure 2bn light years. It is home to 20m galaxies, large and small. It has been designed to answer questions about the past, but it offers the tantalising opportunity to fast-forward in time to the slow death of the galaxies, billions of years from now."

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  1. SECRET CHEAT by rebug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just type "FUND" a few hundred times.

    Do it before you build anything, because it causes earthquakes.

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    there's more than one way to do me.
  2. Dudes... by GeorgeMcBay · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if we're in a simulated universe, simulating other universes?

    Whoaaa.

    Pass the bong, dude.