Wealthy ROFFIAN- ME!

Google explains the name at the bottom of this page:
http://www.google.com/corporate/index.html

That says: What's a Google?

"Googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by
100 zeros. The term was coined by Milton Sirotta, nephew of American
mathematician Edward Kasner, and was popularized in the book,
"Mathematics and the Imagination" by Kasner and James Newman.

I remember reading, many years ago, that John von Neumann was talking
with his son or nephew or grandson about big numbers and asked the kid
what they should call a 1 with a hundred zeroes after it. The kid
thought a moment and said, "googol."

Is my memory playing a trick on me?

vince

riverman wrote:

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And your opposition to his statement was completely invalid. You needed to
state a larger area than he did, not a smaller.

I have no opposition to his statement whatsoever. I'm just restricting
the Google argument (my spelling, thank you very much) to the observable
universe. Who knows what else is out there?

One of my favorite science quotes is from Steven Weinberg: "The more the
universe seems comprehensible the more it seems pointless."

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
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riverman wrote:

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And your opposition to his statement was completely invalid. You needed
to
state a larger area than he did, not a smaller.

I have no opposition to his statement whatsoever. I'm just restricting
the Google argument (my spelling, thank you very much) to the observable
universe. Who knows what else is out there?

One of my favorite science quotes is from Steven Weinberg: "The more the
universe seems comprehensible the more it seems pointless."

Interesting quote. While we've had our differences, I believe I'm beginning
to understand you.

Wolfgang

I'm just restricting
the Google argument (my spelling, thank you very much) to the observable
universe

How do you know what's out there? What we are seeing is millions of light
years old.

Lou T

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:53:07 GMT, (Joe Ellis)
wrote:


When you consider that the number of atoms in the known universe could be
expressed in terms of googleplex, the need for anything larger is rather
moot, and from the standpoint of our comprehension so close to being
infinite as being indistinguishable.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:53:07 GMT, (Joe Ellis)
wrote:


When you consider that the number of atoms in the known universe could be
expressed in terms of googleplex, the need for anything larger is rather
moot, and from the standpoint of our comprehension so close to being
infinite as being indistinguishable.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:53:07 GMT, (Joe Ellis)
wrote:


When you consider that the number of atoms in the known universe could be
expressed in terms of googleplex, the need for anything larger is rather
moot, and from the standpoint of our comprehension so close to being
infinite as being indistinguishable.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.

"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:53:07 GMT, (Joe Ellis)
wrote:


When you consider that the number of atoms in the known universe could be
expressed in terms of googleplex, the need for anything larger is rather
moot, and from the standpoint of our comprehension so close to being
infinite as being indistinguishable.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.


I think it was Bill Gates who once said "640K is enough memory for anybody!"

Ed

I don't know what happened but I onlysent that once!
Ed
"Ed Gildone (cox)" wrote in message
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"Greg Pavlov" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:53:07 GMT, (Joe Ellis)
wrote:


When you consider that the number of atoms in the known universe could
be
expressed in terms of googleplex, the need for anything larger is
rather
moot, and from the standpoint of our comprehension so close to being
infinite as being indistinguishable.

Y'know, when 10 MB disks came out for PCs, some
people said that there wouldn't be much of a
market for anything bigger.