- From: Xiaoshu Wang <wangxiao@musc.edu>
- Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:15:37 +0000
- To: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
- CC: John Black <JohnBlack@kashori.com>, Pat Hayes <phayes@ihmc.us>, noah_mendelsohn@us.ibm.com, Mikael Nilsson <mikael@nilsson.name>, "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@miscoranda.com>, www-tag@w3.org
John Cowan wrote: > Xiaoshu Wang scripsit: > > >> But if cap the size, the implication is that web >> is closed. >> > > The Web is indeed closed. There are roughly 10^79 particles in > the universe, so it can be in at most 2^(10^79) possible states. > After that, you either stop storing data or you figure out a way to > break the conservation laws. (I am neglecting quantum effects here.) > You mean one molecule of H2O is the same as two hydrogen and one oxygen? I do not understand your use of base 2 in your formula. Also, if the universe survive infinitely, the number of human identities (live and dead) will surpass whatever a number you give, no? Xiaoshu > It's like the notion that there are an infinite number of sentences in > a given language. For theoretical purposes we may postulate a grammar > that can construct arbitrarily long sentences, but in fact even if you > gabble at 100 words per minute for 150 years, which is beyond the limit > of a human lifetime, you cannot utter a sentence of more than about > 10^10 words. > > Information is inherently finite because its physical substrate is > inherently finite. > > Even if I buy your theory. There is still a fairness issue. Who will get the longest bit and who gets the shortest? Because obviously they will be treated very differently in the web. Xiaoshu
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