Just how many is a million billion trillion?
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Captain...or Skully

climber
Boise, ID or the fricken Bakken, variously
Aug 28, 2015 - 08:07pm PT
Hey maaaan. Bad form to ask an ill formed question. Is that a party foul, or is that just another ill formed question, since we STILL haven't hashed out what the meaning of "is" is....
mouse from merced

Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
Aug 29, 2015 - 05:13am PT
"What is for dinner, Hillary?"
"For the million billion trillionth time, Bill, that depends on what you mean by 'dinner.' And I don't do the cooking anymore, so go ask one of the interns."
zBrown

Ice climber
Topic Author's Reply - Aug 29, 2015 - 08:50am PT
I've heard that Bill Clinton was more inclined to ask

"What is for desert?"

What is the proper form?

What was the meaning of was? or What is the meaning of was?
quartzmonzonite

climber
Aug 29, 2015 - 02:53pm PT
http://www.ehd.org/science_technology_largenumbers.php

A stack of 1 billion 1 dollar bills would be 67.9 miles high
looks easy from here

climber
Ben Lomond, CA
Aug 29, 2015 - 04:51pm PT
For my money the best number name is 10^153: quinquagintillion (according to this site http://bmanolov.free.fr/numbers_names.php)

Edit: Removed the part where I misunderstood one of zBrown's previous posts.
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