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7 Sep 2024 05:12:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Aren't complexity classes fun?  
From: Warp
Date: 30 Jul 2008 12:41:43
Message: <489099c6@news.povray.org>
Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> On the other hand, according to my sums 10^80 is roughly 2^266. Thus, 
> the binary chop algorithm requires only 266 operations, and can easily 
> complete the entire process in well under a second. [If we assume 
> completely random access to any atom in the universe, which completely 
> defies several known physical laws...]

  It would require for the atoms to be sorted in a specific order.
How would you sort them?

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                                                          - Warp


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