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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel - this one is nearly, but not quite infinite and doesn't h
by zabzonk 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel - this one is nearly, but not quite infinite and doesn't have an ip address.
- detourdog 3y agoReading about this re-enforces the idea to me that our technical desires transcends time. There are also universal forms and structure that act as solutions to problems that transcends the technical implementation. The description of the rooms in the library as well as the uniform approach to typesetting is very modernist idea. Found this website in the wikipedia page. Someone recreated the physically described structure as a website. https://libraryofbabel.info/browse.cgi https://libraryofbabel.info/browse.cgi
- ahazred8ta 3y agoKurd Lasswitz wrote "The Universal Library" in 1901; its 'all possible sequences of letters' was the same as Borges' library of babel. There was an ancient greek thought experiment where alphabet tiles shuffled repeatedly would eventually display all possible sentances.