From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Apr 10 2003 - 12:52:37 MDT
> "The human body consists of ~7 x 10^27 atoms arranged in a highly
> aperiodic physical structure"
>
> If we demand that each atom be located with a precision of 100 pm
> (a bit less than most bond lengths) that means we can locate them
> with integers between 1 and 10^10. That means 3*34 bits to get each
> position (I doubt we need velocities), and 5 bits for atom type.
> All in all, 7.49e29 bits. This is actually far more than than Egan's
> exabyte (by a factor of 8.12e10), but I guess that is because there
> is no packing of the data.
For my goals, I don't care about most of my internal structures. A generic
young male body internally would be adequate, because I can't tell the
difference. All I would want is exact brain contents and external
appearance. Even external appearance doesn't have to be detailed or exact.
I would gladly lose any scars, freckles, slight blemishes, uneven color,
etc. It seems that this would greatly reduce the total amount of
information.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP, IAM, GSEC <www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
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