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Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:14:39 GMT
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On Tue, 16 Feb 1999 04:24:18 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following
profundities...
> Maybe c60 doesn't but I can get well beyond the number of pieces I'm
> ever likely to amass
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> 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??
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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?
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> ++Lar
a vigintillian (sp?) is 1 with 63 zeroes.......
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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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