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by spyrosk 5630 days ago
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.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...