und immer Bruce Schneier (bzw. Thermodynamik) zitieren:
Given that k = 1.38×10^-16 erg/K, and that the ambient temperature of the universe is 3.2 K, an ideal computer running at 3.2 K would consume 4.4×10^-16 ergs every time it set or cleared a bit. To run a computer any colder than the cosmic background radiation would require extra energy to run a heat pump.
, the annual energy output of our Sun is about 1.21×10^41 ergs. This is enough to power about 2.7×1056 single bit changes on our ideal computer; enough state changes to put a 187-bit counter through all its values. If we built a Dyson sphere around the sun and captured all its energy for 32 years, without any loss, we could power a computer to count up to 2^192. Of course, it wouldn’t have the energy left over to perform any useful calculations with this counter.
Auf Deutsch: Mit dem Energieausstoß unserer Sonne der nächsten 32 Jahre könnte man einen 192-Bit-Zähler einmal durchzählen, nichts rechnen, nur zählen.
Die Rechnung ginge noch weiter: Die komplette Energie einer Supernova würde für 219 bit reichen.