from Raymond Queneau’s One hundred million million poems + Do You Remember Do You Remember (For Alison Knowles)
flash source: wohmmpjie_fl8.fla (80KB)
from Raymond Queneau’s One hundred million million poems + Do You Remember Do You Remember (For Alison Knowles)
flash source: wohmmpjie_fl8.fla (80KB)
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11 responses to “when one hundred million million poems just isn’t enough”
stats:
possible poem variations
= 14 conjunctions * 207 pronouns/names * 584 verbs * 362 adjectives * 100 colour names * 1258 nouns * 16 lines
= 1,233,162,820,915,200 = 1.2 quadrillion [1233 million million or 1.2 million billion] variations
It would take approx. 2,466,325,642 [2.5 billion] years to read them all, reading 24 hours a day
possible colour poem variations
= poem variations * 16777216 colours
= 1,233,162,820,915,200 * 16,777,216
= 20,689,039,009,663,628,083,200 variations
= 20 sextillion variations [70 sextillion stars in the known universe]
It would take approx. 41,378,078,022,172,672 years [41 quadrillion years] to see them all, reading 24 hours a day
stats:
possible poem variations
= 14 conjunctions * 207 pronouns/names * 584 verbs * 362 adjectives * 100 colour names * 1258 nouns * 16 lines
= 1,233,162,820,915,200 = 1.2 quadrillion [1233 million million or 1.2 million billion] variations
It would take approx. 2,466,325,642 [2.5 billion] years to read them all, reading 24 hours a day
possible colour poem variations
= poem variations * 16777216 colours
= 1,233,162,820,915,200 * 16,777,216
= 20,689,039,009,663,628,083,200 variations
= 20 sextillion variations [70 sextillion stars in the known universe]
It would take approx. 41,378,078,022,172,672 years [41 quadrillion years] to see them all, reading 24 hours a day
shades of trurl
shades of trurl
the fla file downloads as an unexpected file format
word = curious
>:r
the fla file downloads as an unexpected file format
word = curious
>:r
hmm, have uploaded another – let me know if it works out
http://www.box.net/shared/6z3rfjfzpa
yup, works, gracis
>:r
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