YangYing Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 www.libraryofbabel.info every possibility of character mashups for 410 pages. i.e every single possibility of writing that is 410 pages or less this means that there is a book here saying every single date that boc will release a new album a book that talks only about watmm a book with the word penis over 410 pages lush imo edit: page is dead atm because of traffic, it just became viral apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cear Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 yeh that vsauce dude made a video about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelListon Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Most IDM 2015? My head hurts thinking about this.There is a 410 page book on the internet with this post as it's entire content repeated until the end. "Or with a 3rd person narrative running through it" he said clumsily, attempting to articulate himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 yh, iunno Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh2 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 i hope the book of sand is next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Member Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 So, how many books are there? Edit: Nevermind,found it. That's a lot of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 can someone explain this to me? Im an didiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 how recursive. Is it only in English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oh2 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 can someone explain this to me? Im an didiot. It comes from a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, a great Argentinian writer of fiction. In the story the library houses every permutation of 22 letters, a space, a period and a comma and inserts them in 410 page volumes, places on shelves arranged in hexagonal galleries which lead to more hexagonal galleries ad infinitum. Many people are concerned with finding meaning in volumes, but pretty much everything everyone finds is something like dchrmlcmdlf for 410 pages. People search to the point of death/suicide. It's worth reading as it's very short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 can someone explain this to me? Im an didiot. It comes from a short story by Jorge Luis Borges, a great Argentinian writer of fiction. In the story the library houses every permutation of 22 letters, a space, a period and a comma and inserts them in 410 page volumes, places on shelves arranged in hexagonal galleries which lead to more hexagonal galleries ad infinitum. Many people are concerned with finding meaning in volumes, but pretty much everything everyone finds is something like dchrmlcmdlf for 410 pages. People search to the point of death/suicide. It's worth reading as it's very short. thanks dog. gonna read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 24, 2015 Author Share Posted September 24, 2015 starts at 17:10 edit: how recursive. Is it only in English? no, every sentence in every language writeable with the english characters must be there no? that is less than 410 pages long that is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 starts at 17:10 edit: how recursive. Is it only in English? no, every sentence in every language writeable with the english characters must be there no? that is less than 410 pages long that is I would assume not, if it's based on that Borges idea of 22 characters. Accented characters are different from non-accented characters, languages like German use a similar alphabet, but with their own unique characters, etc etc... If only we could check.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 i really enjoyed that video MIXL2, tnx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bechuga Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I have enough problems finding time reading books already out let alone books made up of scrabble tilesets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Are there vampires though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QQQ Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I can't get on the website at all. Tried a few times today. That video above is cool as fuck, thanks for linking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 I can't get on the website at all. Tried a few times today. That video above is cool as fuck, thanks for linking it. yeah, you're not the only one I suppose Most IDM 2015? My head hurts thinking about this. 2016, definetly edit: I would assume not, if it's based on that Borges idea of 22 characters. Accented characters are different from non-accented characters, languages like German use a similar alphabet, but with their own unique characters, etc etc... If only we could check.... The library contains only lower-case letters, space, comma, and period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 wouldn't let me edit, website is working for me now: edit: for this search ~29^927 possible matches with random characters I can't wrap my head around this i really enjoyed that video MIXL2, tnx I can't get on the website at all. Tried a few times today. That video above is cool as fuck, thanks for linking it. most of vsauce's stuff is excellent, particularly the last three videos imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chenGOD Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 could be very useful for password generation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 everyone could sue this guy no? I mean everything that has or could be written is in there Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 idm i guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelListon Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 everyone could sue this guy no? I mean everything that has or could be written is in there Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk I had this same thought. And could these guys sue everyone from this point on? They must have all future works in there too! Imagine this same concept with three and a half minute WAV files where there was every combination of 1s and 0s in that finite space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 All you unaccomplished writers out there, worry not, your masterpiece has already been written. Imagine this same concept with three and a half minute WAV files where there was every combination of 1s and 0s in that finite space. yespls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YangYing Posted September 25, 2015 Author Share Posted September 25, 2015 All you unaccomplished writers out there, worry not, your masterpiece has already been written. Imagine this same concept with three and a half minute WAV files where there was every combination of 1s and 0s in that finite space. yespls. he already did it with pictures, the "pictures gallery" link is apparently the same thing, but with pixels on a grid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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