Is space as big as the internet?

Valentino · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:12

I think the internet is bigger, I mean for a start everything in the universe that we can see can be put on the internet.

Thoughts?

Nvidiot · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:13

Valentino said:
Thoughts?

You high?

coltpython3 · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:13

the question is have we seen everything in the universe?

RomanNose · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:13

No it can't, you can't fit every atom or a representation of that atom on something smaller than the universe.

d_brennen · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:13

Daddy or Chips?

FNGsam · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:14

But if we put everything we can see in life-resolution then no it wouldn't fit on the internet. We miss lots and lots of atoms with our measely megapixels!

Judgeneo · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:15

chaosdestro0 said:
No it can't, you can't fit every atom or a representation of that atom on something smaller than the universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle

You sort of can, ish.

TheCenturion · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:15

The internet fits on earth.

The universe doesn't fit on earth (not in its current state anyway

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trigger-happy · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:16

Nvidiot said:
You high?

this.

RomanNose · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:17

Judgeneo said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_principle

You sort of can, ish.

I study physics and that first line blew my mind and gave up.

nydryl · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:19

I'm always amazed that people can understand things like that holographic principle. How on earth do you even begin to get your mind around that.

FNGsam · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:19

chaosdestro0 said:
I study physics and that first line blew my mind and gave up.

Log in / create account ?

want me to explain it to you.
See wikipedia lets you sign up so you can post things onto the site that can be verified/viewed by other people and this button lets you log onto your existing account or create a new one! :rolleyes:

nHook · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:19

Nvidiot said:
You high?

Hmm

This is nonsense talk but couldn't you do something like this. Use X as the symbol of the universe and all things within it. So by using X, I've put the entire universe on the internet?

But if you mean literally :eek:

franco_22 · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:19

Nvidiot said:
You high?

Nitefly · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:21

That's a bit like saying 'what's bigger, space or the human imagination'.

Tough call.

Valentino · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:22

Well both the internet and space are a kid of imaginary thing, neither have boundaries, you can get from one part of the internet/space to another part by as many different ways that you can think of.

RomanNose · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:23

FNGsam said:
Log in / create account ?

want me to explain it to you.
See wikipedia lets you sign up so you can post things onto the site that can be verified/viewed by other people and this button lets you log onto your existing account or create a new one!

Actually it's

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

.
Nice try!Notepad is the most underrated web browser.

Cosimo · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:23

Judgeneo said:
You sort of can, ish.

I see, so probably, yes, no, maybe, could. Ask again next week and I will say yes or no.

Judgeneo · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:25

nydryl said:
I'm always amazed that people can understand things like that holographic principle. How on earth do you even begin to get your mind around that.

As far as I'm aware, you don't.

I'm only in the second year of my degree, but even a lot of the quantum this year is pretty much impossible to visualise, you just reduce it to maths and make predictions a lot of the time.

icecold · 12 Apr 2011 at 17:26

You can not fit the "information" for the visible universe onto the internet, no. For one thing, the known universe contains the internet...and somebody divided by zero.