Hoyt A. Stearns Jr. <hoyt-stea...@cox.net> wrote:
> Current digital storage systems use "Run length limited" (RLL) codes where > it's the distance between bits that contain the information.**** > > ** ** > > Theoretically you only need two samples to get lots of bits - if you can > measure the distance to an accuracy of 1:4096 you get twelve bits per atom! > Ah. You mean if you can measure the atomic diameter to within 4096. I see. There has to be some lower limit to that. The Planck length or something. See the Scale of the Universe, and awesome web page: http://htwins.net/scale2/ - Jed