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Subject: A little thought experiment - infinite pictures all for free.

SamTherapy opened this issue on Jun 13, 2010 · 28 posts


SamTherapy posted Sun, 13 June 2010 at 2:38 PM

I suppose all you folks will be familiar with the "infinite number of monkeys with typewriters" scenario.  Has it ever occurred to you that the same thing can also apply to images?  That is to say, given the right conditions, it's possible to generate absolutely every image ever possible.

Further, everyone here has the capability to do it.  Good, huh?

 There is a downside, though.  It will take a long, long, looooong time.  The programming behind it is dead simple, though.  All you need to do is define a grid, say 800 x 800 pixels, then plot every single combination of pixels possible within the grid.  To keep things simple, use black and white only.  If you want to go the whole hog and use full colour, the time will increase dramatically; something in the order of 18 million or so greater.  You could even increase the resolution of your grid but I have a feeling the universe will have ended before the program runs a full cycle.  That said, if you have a long time to wait, you could, in theory, have the collected works of any artist, photographer, cartoonist, signwriter and illustrator right there on your computer, all for nothing.

Go on, I dare you.  You know you want to.  Hehe.

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