07-27-2003, 09:55 AM
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here and there
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Posted by Ando3 on 05-12-2003 12:11 AM:
#152... isnt the word for any number +1 a "google"?? Or is that name already taken somewhere on the web?
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which was then answered...
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Posted by dadaist on 05-12-2003 01:38 PM:
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A 'googol' is 10 to the power of 100. Or a one, with one hundred zeros following it. The
google people spelled it that way on purpose, so they could trade mark it. I've got the
limited edition Dilbert as a google logo mug hanging on my wall.
(A googolplex is 10 with a googol zeros following it. And I've heard there aren't enough
particles in the universe to count that high).
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Always good to have Dadaist checking our facts 
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