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Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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Tue, 16 Feb 1999 12:30:10 GMT
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 04:24:18 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
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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
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> That's where I forget what comes next. But SOMETHING does. I just can't
> recall what. Nontillion??
Nonillion, i think.
Decillion
....
Duodecillion
etc...
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> 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?
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.
Anyway, that's all water under the bridge. Just remember: NEVER use
billion or higher, instead, use thousand million and million million,
to avoid confusion. That's what you've saddled us with. :)
Jasper
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| Jasper Janssen wrote in message <36d063e3.55832412@l...et.com>... (...) Billion is in everyday use here. Since it is not practical to say that "I bought a house (or a ford escort) last week for a price of 8x10^9" or "my annual income is more than (...) (25 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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