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This concept reminds me of https://libraryofbabel.info/ https://libraryofbabel.info/ "At present it contains all possible pages of 3200 characters, about 10467

This concept reminds me of https://libraryofbabel.info/ https://libraryofbabel.info/ "At present it contains all possible pages of 3200 characters, about 104677 books." (https://libraryofbabel.info/About.html https://libraryofbabel.info/About.html)

TremendousJudge 10y ago
https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?bjrvq,mgobexe314 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?bjrvq,mgobexe314
- eof 10y ago
  Page 314. What? How? If this is something other than being able to write to libraryofbabel.info I am extremely confused.
  - ikeboy 10y ago
    https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?qsocvxgaxgav.vlg378 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?qsocvxgaxgav.vlg378
  - r4pha 10y ago
    I think it is page 314 of _a_ book.
  - stephancoral 10y ago
    https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?.lyjxgasnwrheuh,,jljexkg257 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?.lyjxgasnwrheuh,,jl... Your comment was contained in this text before you even wrote it
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
  - dsp1234 10y ago
    As others have mentioned, since that statement is less than 3200 characters (and only uses the alphabet supported by the library), it had to be present in some book. The trick to seeing why it's on page 314 is to note that the spacing on the sentence is really odd. Since spaces are significant to the algorithm, the same words with different whitespace will end up on different pages of different books. From the information on https://libraryofbabel.info/referencehex.html https://libraryofbabel.info/referencehex.html, we can see that each book has exactly 410 pages. Assuming that for any phrase X, the page that that phrase is on is independent and equally likely, then there is a 1/410 chance that the phrased being searched will be on page 314. So just write a script that hits libraryofbabel.info automatically with randomized spacing. You'll likely end up on a page that is 314 in about 410 or so tries.
jlebar 10y ago
* "At present it contains all possible pages of 3200 characters, about 104677 books." * Copy-paste error caused a dropped exponent. It's 10^4677 books.
- teddyh 10y ago
  10⁴⁶⁷⁷
- Retr0spectrum 10y ago
  Oops, it's too late to edit now.
david-given 10y ago
Victor Borges' original story; if you haven't, read it, it's great (and very short): https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html The library, by the way, is quite big. You couldn't fit it all in our universe --- in fact, you'd need 10^4594.
- azar1 10y ago
  erm... that's Jorge Luis Borges
  - david-given 10y ago
    D'oh. Yes. My brain was apparently getting him confused with Victor Borge, who is also great, but differently. Stupid brain.

TremendousJudge 10y ago

https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?bjrvq,mgobexe314 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?bjrvq,mgobexe314

eof 10y ago
Page 314. What? How? If this is something other than being able to write to libraryofbabel.info I am extremely confused.
- ikeboy 10y ago
  https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?qsocvxgaxgav.vlg378 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?qsocvxgaxgav.vlg378
- r4pha 10y ago
  I think it is page 314 of _a_ book.
- stephancoral 10y ago
  https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?.lyjxgasnwrheuh,,jljexkg257 https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?.lyjxgasnwrheuh,,jl... Your comment was contained in this text before you even wrote it
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
- dsp1234 10y ago
  As others have mentioned, since that statement is less than 3200 characters (and only uses the alphabet supported by the library), it had to be present in some book. The trick to seeing why it's on page 314 is to note that the spacing on the sentence is really odd. Since spaces are significant to the algorithm, the same words with different whitespace will end up on different pages of different books. From the information on https://libraryofbabel.info/referencehex.html https://libraryofbabel.info/referencehex.html, we can see that each book has exactly 410 pages. Assuming that for any phrase X, the page that that phrase is on is independent and equally likely, then there is a 1/410 chance that the phrased being searched will be on page 314. So just write a script that hits libraryofbabel.info automatically with randomized spacing. You'll likely end up on a page that is 314 in about 410 or so tries.

jlebar 10y ago

* "At present it contains all possible pages of 3200 characters, about 104677 books." * Copy-paste error caused a dropped exponent. It's 10^4677 books.

teddyh 10y ago
10⁴⁶⁷⁷
Retr0spectrum 10y ago
Oops, it's too late to edit now.

david-given 10y ago

Victor Borges' original story; if you haven't, read it, it's great (and very short): https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html https://libraryofbabel.info/libraryofbabel.html The library, by the way, is quite big. You couldn't fit it all in our universe --- in fact, you'd need 10^4594.

azar1 10y ago
erm... that's Jorge Luis Borges
- david-given 10y ago
  D'oh. Yes. My brain was apparently getting him confused with Victor Borge, who is also great, but differently. Stupid brain.