QUESTION: What is generated by the mega-digit number
of unique symbols?
ANSWER: A mega-digit number of pages of information.
Our view is that any marks on a sheet of paper can be made to represent information, even if the marks on the page appear to be nonsensical. The maximum amount of information that can be generated given our limiting finite boundary conditions of page size and pen tip size (using only one color for the pen) may be large (101,000,000 pages) but it still remains finite.*
Lets see what information is collected by such a huge number of pages?
EVERY POSSIBLE PAGE OF TEXT:
The mega-digit number of pages will contain every combination of letters, words, sentences and paragraphs; in script and print; in every known language and even more never-evolved languages. The letters, etc., will be written right side-up, up-side down, and at each of the 360 angles. Discarding the nonsensical, every page of every novel will be represented.
EVERY POSSIBLE PAGE OF FORMULAE:
The mega-digit number of pages will contain every combination of formulas that can be written onto those pages. Discarding the nonsensical formulae and combining with text, graphics and diagrams then every page of every textbook will be represented.
EVERY POSSIBLE PAGE OF SKETCHES:
The mega-digit number of pages will contain every scribble, sketches, cartoons, graphics, and blue prints. That is, every possible art and engineering work will be represented within the size of the sheet of paper and tip of the pen or pencil (this example of the set of pages is restricted to a binary color system such as black and white).
EVERY POSSIBLE PAGE OF INFORMATION THAT HAS YET TO BE SEEN:
The mega-digit number of pages will also contain all the information that has yet to be seen, such as brilliant literature, solutions to unsolved problems and puzzles, fantastic works of art and of invention, and many futuristic bits of information that would most likely be quickly regarded as nonsense. That is, every page of so-called unknown information would be represented (again, within the parameters of paper size and pen/pencil).
* It is also possible to ascribe multiple meanings to a single page thereby appearing to multiply the amount of information. However we shall not be counting the meanings nor the amount of markings on the page but rather count just the page itself as a single physical page of information. That is, the unit of information will be the page.