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

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