Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 21:53:19 07/31/02
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On July 30, 2002 at 20:30:45, Russell Reagan wrote: >On July 30, 2002 at 17:49:46, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>>How many gigabytes does the threes, fours, fives and sixes need? >> >>There are currently about 50 gigs of sixes available, with another terrabyte >>left in the wings to be computed. :) > >How long do you expect this project to continue? At some point won't it take >more than a lifetime to compute the next set? What about storing them all? At >some point they would take up more storage than we have in the entire world. >When, if ever, will the computation cease? Are we working with the hope that the >technology will be there to compute and store this when the time comes? > >Russell The point will probably be that as technology marches along, creation of new tables will also happen. IE when we have 1-2 terrabyte disks, the 6's will probably be both computable and storable. The 7's will be a challenge but it won't be long after that (perhaps another 5-8 years) where 100 terrabyte disks will be available and the 7's suddenly become doable... This can theoretically go on until the game is solved, although the expected time frame is beyond the life of the universe. :)
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