Project Premise:
All data on any computing media is stored as a stream of binary data as 1's or 0's as is taught to every school child. These combined are an "almost" unique number represented in binary form. Then in theory all files, when broken down to thier simplest form are nothing more than a single integer written out in binary form, that when run through apropriate filters represent data in some fassion.
This project plans to utilize this fact and count from 0 to infinity in binary, thus generating every unique combination of 0's and 1's (thus represented as an integer in binary form). This will generate a theoretically unlimited number of files, many of which will surve no known purpose (at the present). The vast majority of files create will be completely original works, never having been seen, heard, or concieved prior to thier creation. And a small percentage of files will overlap existing works that have been created in digital format, and yet they will have been generated or created simply by counting to the apropriate binary number and running that number through a filter of some kind.
The end goal of this project is to create a master list of binary numbers, infact, every binary number (which will represent ever integer from zero to infinity). The result of this is that using the proper filters on the proper binary number will result in the ability to generate every file ever created, and that will ever be created, for every computing system that relize on a binary counting system.
Prior to this time, the computing power and storage limitations of computing systems had made this very idea little more than a passing joke, or whim. But with advances in storage capacity, improvements in processor abilites, and distributed client model development, this project is now not only possible but feasable.
Practical application of Project results:
This project will create every number that ever has been or every will be created (with some theoretical limit). By using apropriate filters, these numbers can be transformed into meaningfull data. While much of the data will never find an actual use, some percentage of it will. The transformed files can be anything from engineering drawings, chemical equations, operating systems, terestrial maps, artificial inteligence programs, video games, movies, songs, anything that can be digitally created. These applications are mearly waiting to be found within the binary, and the overwhelming majority of them will be original works, that have never been seen, created, or even conceved of.
After the (theoretical) completion of this project there will be no such thing as an original work. Because "any digital works" derived after the creation of this project will have already been created within the binary numbers, even if it has not been found by any user, process, or filter.