cramming megabytes into a hydrogen atom

From: Lyle Burkhead (LYBRHED@delphi.com)
Date: Mon Nov 11 1996 - 19:08:24 MST


The following appeared on the list this afternoon (i.e. Monday):

:: :: How?
::
:: Cancel that question. You were just saying that as far as the
:: Bekenstein Bound is concerned, one could store megabytes of data in a
:: hydrogen atom; that's why the bound is "loose."
::
:: I have a fever tonight.
::
:: Lyle

Please understand that this was written Saturday night, a few hours
after my original post in which I asked "How?" I realized that I had
missed the point and I wanted to retract the question before anyone
responded. I don't know why it took a day and a half for the post to
appear. There is also a resend which may appear eventually.

Thanks to Forrest Bishop, Anders Sandberg, and John Clark for their
comments.

Lyle



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