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- From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
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- Subject: Re: Naming Large Numbers (Re: Negative Zero)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.172915.22191@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 17:29:15 GMT
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- In article <DREIER.92Dec15215917@lhasa.berkeley.edu>
- dreier@lhasa.berkeley.edu (Roland Dreier) writes:
-
- > Ahh...but the point is, that to actually, accurately write down the
- > number, one has to write out 3.14159... to a number of places that
- > exceeds (by an immense ammount) the number of atoms in the universe.
- > And it is rather hard to find a piece of paper that large.
-
- But would it be harder to find a piece of paper that large or to make
- the result last for a billion years? :-)
-
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- --Ted Schuerzinger
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