Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:05:39 11/28/02
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snip >> >>All your answers are welcome... >> >>My best Regards! >> >>Tanya. > >6.5104179521361946395624758693608e+308 > >I know this is the exact number of chess positions, because I counted them one >day using my Palm and Chess genius. > >But how do you count all the atoms in the universe? I might need a newer Palm >for that one ...hmmmm ....yea, I could that on of those new palms. > >Hold on - let me go talk to my wife and explain to her why I need a new palm. > >THANKS - You gave me the perfect reason for a new Palm - to count all the atoms >in the universe. > >eh ...Does anybody want to help? got the answer for atoms - it's right here " It seems, then, that the number of atoms in the Universe is at least about 4e78, but perhaps as many as 6e79. I would suggest 1e79 as a reasonable estimate. That is, 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 atoms. " http://www.sunspot.noao.edu/sunspot/pr/answerbook/universe.html looks like "positions in chess" beats "atoms in the universe" by a fair amount .... ...now about the 32 man EGTB that I was thinking about - how many drives would I need?? ;>)
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