btw, even with the "current" laws of physics the energy required to boil earth's oceans is not that big http://pinktentacle.com/2010/09/animated-simulation-of-a

btw, even with the "current" laws of physics the energy required to boil earth's oceans is not that big http://pinktentacle.com/2010/09/animated-simulation-of-asteroid-hitting-earth/ http://pinktentacle.com/2010/09/animated-simulation-of-aster... While all this discussion about the actual laws of physics is very important, I would like to underline the fact the the other half of the reasoning about whether 128 bits are enough is centered around the fact that we are of course not able to handle that amount of energy, it sounds so obvious for all of us that this argument is used as a punchline. While I cannot imagine how it could be done (or why), this is the kind of things doesn't involve changing our knowledge about basic physical laws.