Hands down I gotta think I'm the worst player on this site
Nah,
You have to think positive if you think your terrible I promise you there is always someone out there who is far far worse proof? just look at my game against Jermaine and Paula Rabino in my blog.
They really do mean the "whole universe" (specifically, the"observable universe")
These two links should clear things up:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon_number
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observable_universe