If you find this concept interesting there is a related short story by Jorge Luis Borges called "The Library of Babel" written in 1941. You can read it here: h

If you find this concept interesting there is a related short story by Jorge Luis Borges called "The Library of Babel" written in 1941. You can read it here: http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/library_of_babel.html http://jubal.westnet.com/hyperdiscordia/library_of_babel.htm... It doesn't deal with the generation of all the books/data, but with a fictional scenario where they are available to human beings (plus the universe is practically a giant library). I found it a fun and intriguing thought experiment/narration. (edit) The mathematics behind the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel#Value_as_a_mathematical_thought_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel#Value_as_a...