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Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 04:24:18 GMT
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lpien@IWANTNOSPAM.ctp=ihatespam=.com
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Maybe c60 doesn't but I can get well beyond the number of pieces I'm
ever likely to amass
Each adds 3 zeroes
Thousand
Million
Billion
Trillion
Quadrillion
Quintillion
Sextillion
Septillion
Octillion
That's where I forget what comes next. But SOMETHING does. I just can't
recall what. Nontillion??
At that point, wouldn't you really rather be referring to it as
1.345 x 10E27
instead of 1 Octillion, three hundred forty five Septillion anyway?
++Lar
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 | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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| (...) Nonillion, i think. Decillion .... Duodecillion etc... (...) an Octillion _should_ be, in any rational system (Yes, that precludes the US from competing :) ) 10 ^ (6*8), instead of that awful 10 ^ (3 * (8 + 1) ) the American Way makes of it. (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
| | | Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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| (...) Whatever. (...) 100 (ten tens) (...) The American system agrees up to a million but then defers away from the logic for some reason - I expect it is easier to name a number by counting the zeros and commas with the US system. Well, you get the (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| Carbon 60 wrote in message <36C89356.714D4E2A@b...ot.com>... (...) LIke what? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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