Why do we have the number "googol" (not google)? (1 with 100 zeros...)

[KenWittlief]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

By the way, I will pay $100 to any (1) person who can write every integer from 1 to a googol

I wouldnt know what to say to them all, but Ill try

Dear Integer,

How have you been? How is Mrs Integer?
I am in the process of writing to every integer from 1 to a googol and I was wondering if you could help me out. Please make ten copies of this letter and mail it to the next ten integers higher than you....

[Timothy D. Ginn]

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

...Please make ten copies of this letter and mail it to the next ten integers higher than you....

You forgot the part about:

"...and please forward this within 6.424563 hours of receiving this letter or you will forever be cursed with a poor love life, Ebola, the black plague, wrinkles, will be forever chased down by El Niño and have to live with smelly feet for life."

[Ryan M.]

Nice, Ken and Tim. That was great. ROTFLMFO (rolling on the floor laughing my face off...)

[KenWittlief]

there are better ways to threaten integers:

Not replying to this letter would be an irrational act - you dont want the other integers talking negatively about you

you could end up getting drawn

and quartered!

[Dan Zollman]

I don't remember who "invented" googol (but a quick google search can answer that!) but I know that he let his nephew name the number.

[roboticsguy1988]

And just when i thought i would have my first day of not learnign something new LOL well all i ahve to say is thats a big number.

[eapoe21]

Hey, just to help you out, it was Edward Kasner. Carl Sagan then used the term when he son asked him how many stars were in the universe.

[Barry Bonzack]

The Internet search engine Google was named after this number. The original founders were going for 'Googol', but ended up with 'Google' due to a spelling mistake. Lawrence E. Page: "Lucas Pereira: 'You idiots, you spelled "Googol" wrong!' But this was good, because google.com was available and googol.com was not. Now most people spell 'Googol' 'Google', so it worked out OK in the end."

In the closing ceremonies, I recal something about people not being able to spell when they used the google search engine. How ironic.

Originally Posted by KenWittlief

there are better ways to threaten integers:

Not replying to this letter would be an irrational act

I Shall divide you by zero...