On Fri, Jul 26, 2002 at 03:57:54AM -0400, Benjamin Goldberg wrote:
Uh, so that's 10^1800, in other words?
Hmm, or google^18. Using the original definition of google, that is;
the number, not the search engine :)
Actually, the number is called a 'googol'.
"That?s impossible." Akane exclaimed.
"No, just highly unlikely, " Urashima replied.
I Am Not An Astrophysicist, but I'd say that Akane's assessment is
just a little more accurate, myself. :)
Well, he did say "even universes", so it could be that many.
Keep in mind that there are an estimated 10^80 elementary particles in the
known universe. You'd need about 10^23 universes just to have that many
elementary particles, let alone planets.
For all we know, there could be infinite univreses; any finite subset is
just a single drop in the bucket^W^W an infinite ocean.
Yes, of course, when you start dealing with infinities, all bets are off.
But the problem becomes addressing. You would need to an 1800-digit
number to identify each door. This could get awkward :)
Awkward, yes, but not beyond the abilities of modern, Earth-bound
technology. A trickier problem would be implementing a directory of all
those doors. And the thought of designing a routing/switching fabric for
all of those doors, especially with the bandwidth required when you're
dealing with matter transferrence, just makes me want to break down and cry
"Mommy!!!"