Ok pretend that a ton of peasants run around holding a 1 or 0 above their head. How many peasants would be needed to simulate a Linux kernel with 256 MB RAM, how long would a system tick be in real time, and assuming a normal distribution of ages across the peasants population, how often would one need to replace peasants that died, and what would they die of?

Also, how would the proximity to a black hole affect this hole process, and the black death?

I want exact numbers as frequently as possible.