https://coveredinbees.org.archived.website/taxonomy/term/64/0 en https://coveredinbees.org.archived.website/node/264 <p><em>"Assuming the world doesn't end, will there come a day when all the music it's possible to write has been written? It's finite isn't it?" - Claire W, via Twitter.</em></p> <p>Excellent question. Yes, there are a finite number of songs in the universe - with the one condition that no song can last forever. Let's make it more restrictive and say no song can last for more than 5 minutes (though we could choose 20 or 30 mins and come to the same conclusions.) </p> <p>Given that, though, it turns out it might not make very much difference that its a finite number...</p> <p><a href="https://coveredinbees.org.archived.website/node/264" target="_blank">read more</a></p> https://coveredinbees.org.archived.website/node/264#comments gubbins 2 stars maths Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:14:53 +0000 dan 264 at https://coveredinbees.org.archived.website