Meet [url=https://libraryofbabel.info/]the library of babel[/url]. Its purpose is to contain every single thing ever written. While it hasn't reached its completion by having every possible combination of characters out to 1,312,000, it [b]does[/b] have every single combination of lower case letters, spaces, commas, and periods, out to 3200.

Go ahead, search it for one of your facebook posts (stripping unavailable characters of course). Look up a diary entry you made when you were six. Find your most private thoughts you've told nobody. Hell, it will probably even contain this thread (well, parts).


What does this library look like? Well, the project takes inspiration from Jorge Luis Borges's own [i]Library of Babel[/i]

[quote][i]The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries…The arrangement of the galleries is always the same: Twenty bookshelves, five to each side, line four of the hexagon's six sides…each bookshelf holds thirty-two books identical in format; each book contains four hundred ten pages; each page, forty lines; each line, approximately eighty black letters[/i][/quote]

In this version, each "book" is 3200 characters long. Each shelf has 32 books. Each wall has five shelves. Each room has four walls of shelves. Each room has 640 different combinations of 3200 characters.

So then how many rooms [b]are[/b] there?

Well, then we need to know how many combinations of 3200 characters there are. Our pool is 29 (26 letters + 1 space + 1 comma + 1 period)
The number of different combinations can then be represented as 29^3200

Just what is that number?
[hider=Long Number]471621154046214276497438544640869149577755993890499531886201203768245738082466315484356614138024377731459243240356601097578903092106050442753825304568885295360490983492422418330338228065709125801137026247531532105316357370393734122713675143381480258088183476057786257462618072338896398886787466342271219694331367268767122120045206901546734430594033259939674619725891076208513561291157215998469642502953788256327795576619186554683650358877491738201891968286737966768717405466893784986654284526313555151778882286199688402286436743144729220015666784374938227898984652412617646374154350309619678680154851830221798012878716115597083400432411413965609053617497930250625957785237247910548781465127916693966455002303878696574808619428460810291551290517229858514596265036342697714217696678862494810866715542091237134479883054357007359738750741777264251312804711463495369847017001933068074223773337345698605767179301026877247096071062475681903600840435124750578591088292282508618241520837725678924102550482906365334567337418561990208405198397737188028184791341749857027616221520770963426477766704329319884593231542762891808163616225685421032470016084768279199865569604482181886639257389290630836246424530279228589934789713698202237570709640664907226463338969825300932545818601073569423130087906070728437383353232301396985422432024752135619953312671565583663718870554010508900364551932176657032175560881525246422936837725155820076509018169498224992442232399869147325796182767731758013428806670363130046720960979461594933648030009756906363119043758711462789631418934717054050487895149838883663212128041006399545337765519662434427638621352026083433272076567734457069977214637113321774175759602517914387747512094539361079773585623403271429444585330094770082527249259063225575410124466252556565262987300273854862706299495047031243219400699356762269732834059442233596198475718748191114913487400662245303593106239755580046382994557353186205070597739947686921232557453133746397171916706341285768899520187032984450061874693082412165216123900386975540825855437969959089978245773056808539200959326474725108304697042231540076294895564575986315145273335665177088482397381295080722244532629052136309204242093712037973121483224398701745730846686429358015223549100018701129633400152876908382047809275093017542052765008443747233934024382713026590209197459565373533673578742590269890592253115948311657316762122080558537444411485368236802084240813130844671079600010715975859425461959318643253770534878219307731598300529277956089244876921705835089201291371187849994748702082856912628061964966892788014790639576522029043083500014845813951416560347737128263317131925472874508684513155513982416042146499791094796469218357685728678622261243620537192492881373267298997735742592249952528871316118856647517416719838849571223270665390758729253791522287091336719035577100331686083011448731654425818399633868346808847594968648933143226183991744523724612008354246975969245936919734005311058326413199632188631579083639523563159480253767340683458825769471554315569851568519638082975908846825901865886088952867804099544375982919441476777772423142530991966124571399917626256741027809388881213723346970162778595716883593912994907699988114319781935826649926090064161265482809534450287666177825116271521321426070314278401168440260030433166478958384889065773751997747418448831569266386817964073536338887606013303513437398201918601261293255797394157409718295014105949933780989777793125034264646116216398716987951532696646733508980869570659846895743510256589741275474059880945133672150417140020354471328592047208340491564558911562795711254352368332727911399492627968083581528504379999277390191629612126224468646131270706864023817012469332134001045926915868001206049885880426465043526264443950287748752913200865964900407981587920150626238726710478156663415810137811627031705051658017818754536549921947310459193893231355152839362722359753749063967004591858792254597120476429207866308607217732700037485591410360418260925191823510783836915616650654960348551624067381515381445790897790135578197344493363019617452959058808644944672568507346046670580152243777656816174622675588556823903665095034398776756737068374282665165768180478453963942365592656767115624913704204021651663971436299572237803699242813191847776810758510840714116390804636037718572995091679206938158535199114891115551009124348168568617966174754902582212187180781519750516533940880513783050355339215324255040894599238935752634979594301536612395197555424911292372949969329548804037345554903242495650932417723858557335964947241957526154103028783001097407530892191222668454483355066176462275432817411126373771733569226827956786300348269498860407485140752422234280203417664001[/hider]

But let's just call that 4.7162*10^4680, mmk?
But now that we have the number of possible combinations of 3200 characters, we can divide that by 640 to see how many rooms are in the library!
[hider=Large Number]
736908053197209807027247726001358046215243740453905518572189380887883965753853617944307209590663090205405067563057189214967036081415703816802852038388883274000767161706910028641153481352670509064276603511768018914556808391240209566740117411533562903262786681340291027285340738029525623260605416159798780772392761357448628312570635783666772547803176968655741593321704806575802439517433149997608816410865294150512180588467478991693203685746080840940456200448028073076120946042021539041647319572364929924654503572187013128572557411163639406274479350585840981092163519394715072459616172358780747937741955984721559395122993930620442813175642834321264146277340516016603059039433199860232471039262369834322585941099810463398138467856970016080548891433171653929056664119285465178465151060722648141979243034517558022624817272432823999591798034026975392676257361661711515385964065520418865974645839602654071511217657854495698587611035118252974376313179882422779048575456691419716002376308946373318910235129541195835261464716503109700633122496464356294038736471484151605650346126204630353871510475514562319676924285567018450255650352633470363234400132450436249789952507003409197873839670766610681635038328561294671773108927653440996204233813538917541348967140352032707102841564177452223640762353235513183411489425470932789722550038675211906177051049321224474560735240641420156819612394026026612774313877383197535838808945555968869545340889840976550690988124795542696556535574580871895982510422442390698001501530408742083825046890245166192373505872986660608799092085495396953887336171623255723768950064072499289590258624472553793185345862540755364487619637085089171839397870489565272149624378934241230855487647717751687146227536567611608507164578273078253948826967286289961578319478519619633223417656677898222978592961010986317530313592744941046457553217878489994060118310544048617052324063534758286864228499618093822473428995864353445422808968668260814425871020521478745581119853658259013905500292239038203221679207941269008150193594354649282540399121828061078091009020401263342501498947616757981726089128486781369210774319649978617414489586976839200753745908273563628507082232893962983131628271425059333002317538122971477704447947545871898786795468779220515052187738870169346949701992332839909457445325693355053021913097989104047201871030570896146364966785297296704050395493669236964557440815750872714756892945887870003256626270516944798561875016743712280352284311435380084016460747217668330622344576996806389445120190165367326877017767481015616794847004463925981346820260769981273110374338315670379817968773196584299088375543339262911433018633551366419819551805490597525065853905923585619483153683883951060347283193157089363270127145730154683962097800390550826361431435713511745963624748202455036360414673060514459049253573580213623493089219268259504705388643210040341249427919291888824367138513958036290912487100818319706263053510899951946776437084383298528635020624425294736842318186755567436687896511469817904415264799303618077893075811934504649857573165471665447013988855943905538087473311627307465269411160204674947069642812371291026157855952170126896442729640879341555807630615489054543281231428624659274729140509515725251977316889897578574478402851744174252064728234866060001825687906297551822623372476389165271487496480341326299326978729403068864900529511884395786739745934690497814470770712183428370952684835959540546771532796527801757866038509556588122995293674269838510521107782608704156010774599234775921470742928218563976771362735026781281803861450925073763032018069623299316868298834925575519887361561707231200130596138288093748870922174421268947225732259580110479475037214081983331459376634260806043751884452946688166351630509788193672324607426426876353070156887471231125235353498010485122119786587203340330667237039143215652841803963359253042672592490458173992426311504253687115232912448444674779362897808000744420637291107198777707343808571236578688153532695612224235599745180651016648375544611912605283617783509048277797086840933350770879718152270248529388507726050888292728197922781487880902588775272847930607120037349476710991248088682401669334816664321512781997584318659946238526198618163927662818783830724955369218081621568280066895612262151266810173188615806860632243808935270304830748760840872711248617017368048451756794013388465572148054535284706542469971124610182084282625802786016180217523944148501397811310837113492155616096150956867496180351423894332734327077420006308352429536316399454581902693528995837445230065558634615785982473439214699267019048785419460130242290900722305363777204884959018333701916918682478594294171091969386695532425659741062817840100[/hider]

7.3690*10^4678 rooms. For reference, the larger estimates for the number of fundamental particles in the universe are around 10^85.

That's one big library.

[s]inb4 my calculations are wrong[/s]

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It does contain this thread (up to the line this thread (with bbcode kept intact and then unavailable characters stripped - the search does it automagically):  https://libraryofbabel.info/bookmark.cgi?howdy