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[–]profanion[S]0 points
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I actually only want to know the size of the program that would activate the simulation, not the processing power and size of storage to run the program itself.
Again, it depends on the scale you are wanting to do this on. Also, the size of the storage needed to house the program is dependent on how large the program is.
What I'm getting at is this: If you want to model the interaction of every atom in the universe (atomic scale program), the program would be so large that to house it you would need enough hard drives to create a black hole if you were somehow able to get them into one place. I could write that out as 2.56 * 10^100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000... etc etc etc. Gb, but that's meaningless. The number is so large that it defies comprehension. If I say the storage needed would create a black hole, it still defies comprehension, but some people might think they have a sense of the size of the program (they are underestimating it).
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[–] profanion [S] ago
I actually only want to know the size of the program that would activate the simulation, not the processing power and size of storage to run the program itself.
[–] oedipusaurus_rex ago
Again, it depends on the scale you are wanting to do this on. Also, the size of the storage needed to house the program is dependent on how large the program is.
What I'm getting at is this: If you want to model the interaction of every atom in the universe (atomic scale program), the program would be so large that to house it you would need enough hard drives to create a black hole if you were somehow able to get them into one place. I could write that out as 2.56 * 10^100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000... etc etc etc. Gb, but that's meaningless. The number is so large that it defies comprehension. If I say the storage needed would create a black hole, it still defies comprehension, but some people might think they have a sense of the size of the program (they are underestimating it).
[–] profanion [S] ago
But remember demoscene community and how small their files are!