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Re: Googolplex (was: Is lego *truly* unlimited?)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:53:18 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Ross Crawford wrote:
> I found the following amusing description of how to visualise a googolplex:
> [snip]
> From http://www.fpx.de/fp/Fun/Googolplex/GetAGoogol.html
Ha! Interesting how similar that actually is to the 'how many Lego MOCs can you
build' question, given that it only obtains a googolplex by measuring the number
of "distinct" states by a wholly ridiculous number of particles. And try as I
might, I can't get the number of Lego configurations to get much beyond
1x10^10^20-something. The factors just aren't big enough. If only you were
allowed to multiply the exponents instead of just add them. Ahh well.
DaveE
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| (...) I found the following amusing description of how to visualise a googolplex: "...if one put this black hole into a hypothetical rigid nonpermeable box, a few million light years in size, and looked at the contents once a year, it would look (...) (20 years ago, 9-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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