Naming numbers

[fafalone]

I was appalled by the nomenclature on a recent Slashdot article, so I thought I'd make it clear so I don't have to see it here:

 

DO NOT WRITE NUMBERS LIKE "ONE MILLION TRILLION TRILLION".

 

These numbers make you sound like a moron. Call huge numbers by their REAL NAME. It's like little kiddies who don't know the proper names for things. NO

 

After a trillion comes a quadrillion, NOT a "thousand trillion" or "ten thousand million" or any other asinine name.

 

BILLION

TRILLION

QUADRILLION

QUINTILLION

SEXTILLION

SEPTILLION

OCTILLION

NONILLION

DECILLION

UNDECILLION

DUODECILLIN

TREDECILLON

QUATTORODECILLION

 

..and so forth. If you need to name a larger number, consult Google or me (I have a program that can name ANY number (ulimit = whatever can fit in a standard STRING variable), but don't post some asinine combination of those, or you'll get warned.

 

Same for anyone caught naming numbers with "milliard" "billiard" and whatever else they use other places.

[JaKiri]

Million = 10^6.

Billion = 10^12.

etc.

[iglak]

MrL_JaKiri said in post # :

Billion = 10^12.

etc.

umm... Billion = 10^9 (as i am sure you meant to say)

Trillion = 10^12

etc... again

 

P.S. feel free to edit Mrl's and delete this if you want

[JaKiri]

iglak said in post # :

umm... Billion = 10^9 (as i am sure you meant to say)

Trillion = 10^12

etc... again

 

P.S. feel free to edit Mrl's and delete this if you want

 

Nope. Billion = 10^12.

 

You're using the american system, which is an idiotic way of doing things. In that, the 'llion' part refers to 'Each time you multiply by 1,000, and then multiply by 1,000 one more time'; 'Each time you multiply by 10^6' is somewhat simpler, and makes more sense.

 

'1. The cardinal number equal to 10^9.

2. Chiefly British. The cardinal number equal to 10^12.'

[YT2095]

interesting that you mentioned numbers and google.

there is a number idea called the "GOOGLEPLEX"

 

a bit more info on it here:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=googleplex

 

not sure if that`s any use to you at all?

[JaKiri]

There's a number called the Google, too.

[blike]

Why do brits always have to screw up our units :-D

[JaKiri]

Who's language is it again?

[YT2095]

it gives us something to do between cups of tea

[JaKiri]

And scones

[VendingMenace]

mmmm...scones

 

I love scones

 

what i wouldn't give for one million trillion trillion scones

[Pinch Paxton]

Does a Nanbread come after a ten?

 

Pincho.

[fafalone]

We will use the US number system on this site to avoid confusion. Billion is n*10^9.

[blike]

I like the british way

 

 

 

even though they're wrong

[fafalone]

you like 10^6 being million and 10^9 being milliard? iame.

[VendingMenace]

dude, british system does make more sense.

[NSX]

Better yet, use scientific notation.

[Quantum Defect]

or to pass time just write it in its entirety...no need for fancy names

 

1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

[Crash]

well id rather win a billion from the brits than win a billion from ya yanks, but id just stick with scientific notation

[alt_f13]

Werd.. I've gonnen confused.

 

So one milliard is equal to 10^9 or one trilliard minus 10^6?

 

But if you are really good at billiards you could use 10^-3 * ten million billion quadrilliards? Or is that wrong?

 

In other words, could you post the british number wording system please? The *illiards are unfamilliar to me.

 

And when exactly did it change over, since we all came from the Merry Old ever so long ago. (Well many of us in North America anyways.)

[iglak]

those darn brits screwed everything up... but then the americans screwed it up worse... I VOTE METRIC!! (stupid english )

[Radical Edward]

I prefer binary.

 

11110100001001000000

100110101100101000000000

1110100011010100101001010001000000000000

 

and so on.

 

there is an interesting thing. Is there a formula relating to how many 0s there are at the end of that binary string, as we add zeros onto the decimal?

[YT2095]

for each 0 you add at the end (least significant Bit) you effectively double the number. preceeding (leading) zeros are ignored but used anyway for maths and electronic purposes.

I agree though, Binary`s a great system! it`s the only one I know of that will allow me to count up to 31 on one hand

[Cap'n Refsmmat]

Or Trinary, or Quadrinary, or whatever you call it.

But when people say "billion trillion" I just think "bajillion." It's simpler.

[iglak]

Cap'n Refsmmat said in post # :

Or Trinary, or Quadrinary, or whatever you call it.

But when people say "billion trillion" I just think "bajillion." It's simpler.

but a billion trillion is a LOT of whatever, while bajillion is like: WHOA! that's a LOT!!... i think.

 

so... considering RNA (and DNA) is basically quatrinary, with 3 bit long bytes, i vote for quatrinary (but then you can only count to 11 on one hand, much lower that 31 )