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Re: Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)
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Originally Posted by Michael Hill
It does not seem we need to even use the number googol, petition to eliminate it.now (Lol). It is impossible to practically use the number since there aren't even close to a googol atoms in the universe, it does not make since to even have the number. By the way, I will pay $100 to any (1) person who can write every integer from 1 to a googol 
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If we get rid of the term googol we can't have alliterations like a googol gaggles of geese. Plus it's always good to have a number that's not infinity but qualifies as a generic "really really big number".
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Last edited by Timothy D. Ginn : 23-07-2005 at 07:30.
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