Sam, you and Bagginsbill  have just put paid to a render I was going to do. I'd already done the thought experiment some time ago, you see, but gave up on the maths once I realised Windows Calculator didn't have enough digits (Note: this is a joke).

I did get as far as writing the caption though.

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

*Life is short,
Art is long-lived;
Opportunity is fleeting,
experiment perilous,
and judgement difficult.

• Hippocrates*

Uncertain about what art is, don't know how to make it yourself, but you know it when you see it? Then Art-O-Tron is for you.

Using supercooled pseudorandom parallel quantum computing technology, Art-O-Tron generates every possible 46,080,000 bit binary number once and once only. Each number represents a unique 1600 x 1200 pixel image with 24 bit colour.

The attentive operator need only watch carefully, and capture desired images using the ergonomic user interface. The inattentive operator may be reassured to know that a large number of the images will differ from each other only in imperceptible details; so if you miss your ideal composition, sooner or later* you'll see something nearly as good, or maybe even better. Most of the images will be composed of formless noise, so you can get on with the rest of your life during those periods.

Art-O-Tron's output includes, in reasonable facsimile, every image that has ever, or ever will be seen by any sentient being whose visual system follows the human pattern. Among them are images of incredible beauty; images of incredible horror; and every possible variant on them. Among them are the Mona Lisa; a mirror image of the Mona Lisa; a truly marvellous proof of Fermat's Last Theorem; next week's winning lottery numbers; all of the non-winning lottery numbers for every lottery anywhere, ever, in every possible font; every page of Art-O-Tron's schematics, and an endless number of designs which won't work. Among them are a screenshot of your computer monitor right now; and my complete output, past and future, including this image, and also the ones I never got around to making. Among them are the circumstances of your death, and every possible false representation of that event.

*No warranties or guarantees of satisfaction are given, nor should they be implied. Art-O-Tron Corporation accepts no liability for the mental or physical health of its customers or bystanders except where allowed for by law. Art-O-Tron should not be relied upon as your sole source of entertainment. Art-o-Tron's textual output, where this occurs, should not be regarded as accurate without independent corroboration. Medical experts advise that you take regular breaks. Keep out of sight of children, animals, the infirm and elderly, and the mentally ill.

Due to current uncertainty over the amount of dark matter that exists, not to mention the vagaries of human taste, it is impossible to guarantee that you will find any acceptable (or even recognisable) images before the heat death of the universe, or the Big Crunch, whichever it turns out to be.