and of course since the simulation itself is part of the universe, the
simulation would have to be counted too, yada yada...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Barnes [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:43 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [OT] Universe is a computer
>
>
> from the article it states:
> "...To simulate the Universe in every detail since time
> began, the computer
> would have to have 1090 bits - binary digits, or devices
> capable of storing
> a 1 or a 0 - and it would have to perform 10120 manipulations
> of those bits.
> ..."
>
> My question is who's going to load 'every detail' from the
> "BIG"inning of
> the bang theory to the time when history was being recorded?
> Do you think
> they might miss something here?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Avenell [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:36 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] [OT] Universe is a computer
>
>
> The problem is that the universe didn't use an HP 3000 for it's model.
>
> http://www.nature.com/nsu/020527/020527-16.html
>
> Maybe the universe is modeled after  a Sun Sparc 10 (or can I say that
> here without getting sensored).
>
> Guy Avenell
> www.hpto.net
>
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