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Re:Library of Babel by octatoan on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:13PM (#9482342)
Not if you let the first linked page be site.com/1, the next one site.com/2 and so on, I think.
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Re:Library of Babel by recursive on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:44PM (#9482462)
Yes, even then.

Sure "1" and "2" are pretty short. And even "57834573495879436129386943" is pretty short.

But the average link would have so many digits, I couldn't post it in this comment.

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Re:Library of Babel by jonotrain on Sunday May 03, 2015 @03:08PM (#9482558)
The bookmarks would only need to map to the book locations - you would only need sufficient values for the number of bookmarked pages, not the entire range of possibilities.
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Re:Library of Babel by Tinyyy on Sunday May 03, 2015 @02:34PM (#9482422)
How does that even make sense? Taking a lower base will only require more characters.
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