Inspired by the excellent Numberphile's YouTube video Illegal Numbers, here is an algorithm that at some point arguably infringes every copyright that has been, is, and ever can be.
set n to 0
repeat forever
output n
increase n by 1
Since any text can be represented in numerical form, this algorithm must eventually output the numerical equivalent of every piece of text that isn’t infinitely long.
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Inspired by the excellent Numberphile's YouTube video Illegal Numbers, here is an algorithm that at some point arguably infringes every copyright that has been, is, and ever can be.
set n to 0
repeat forever
output n
increase n by 1
Since any text can be represented in numerical form, this algorithm must eventually output the numerical equivalent of every piece of text that isn’t infinitely long.