throbber Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Did anyone on here know that a googol (1x10^100) is a larger number than the number of grains of sand it would take to compact into the visible universe? In fact it would take 100,000 more visible universes to make a googol worth of sand particles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, throbber said: Did anyone on here know that a googol (1x10^100) is a larger number than the number of grains of sand it would take to compact into the visible universe? In fact it would take 100,000 more visible universes to make a googol worth of sand particles. Where’s is all this sand coming from? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: Where’s is all this sand coming from? Lossie beach 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Just now, throbber said: Lossie beach East and west beaches I would imagine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, Melanius Mullarkay said: East and west beaches I would imagine. The number of possible sequences a 52 pack of card can be shuffled is 8^67 which is larger than the number of individual atoms there are on earth (there are 10 million alone in the tip of a needle for example) The number googolplex is a 10 to the power of a googol worth of zeros, and if you were to write every 0 in that number out there wouldn’t be enough particles in the visible universe for every 0 that’s in a googolplex. A googolplex would actually be close to representing the total number of possible combinations an observable universe full ofsand particles could be arranged (similar to the sequences you could find a shuffled pack of cards in). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 11 minutes ago, throbber said: The number of possible sequences a 52 pack of card can be shuffled is 8^67 which is larger than the number of individual atoms there are on earth (there are 10 million alone in the tip of a needle for example) The number googolplex is a 10 to the power of a googol worth of zeros, and if you were to write every 0 in that number out there wouldn’t be enough particles in the visible universe for every 0 that’s in a googolplex. A googolplex would actually be close to representing the total number of possible combinations an observable universe full ofsand particles could be arranged (similar to the sequences you could find a shuffled pack of cards in). Might need Nairn beach as well when you put it like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, FlyerTon said: Bennu asteroid sample return due to land at 3:55pm Thought it was quite funny when the presenters were explaining how complicated the recovery process was to avoid contamination, in the background a couple people strolled over, picked it up and shoved it in a plastic bag. The presenters didn't notice. P. S. I like the way NASA are showing every bit of the process including what happens back in the clean room when they take it apart and get the sample canister out for nitrogen purging. Usually it's just "The capsule has landed back on Earth, Go USA!". P. P. S. The workers just stood around shuffling papers around till they switched off the livestream, don't blame them. Edited September 24, 2023 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 A googolplex is also smaller than the number of light years it would take for Welshbairn to post something entertaining. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 With a "Constant Acceleration" space ship, at 1G acceleration you could travel the diameter of the Milky Way (105,000 Light years) in 12 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKMAN Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, throbber said: A googolplex is also smaller than the number of light years it would take for Welshbairn to post something entertaining. Light year is a measure of distance, not time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 hours ago, throbber said: A googolplex is also smaller than the number of light years it would take for Welshbairn to post something entertaining. Numbers can be really big if you add a lot of zeros at the end. Better? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 6 hours ago, throbber said: The number of possible sequences a 52 pack of card can be shuffled is 8^67 which is larger than the number of individual atoms there are on earth (there are 10 million alone in the tip of a needle for example) The number googolplex is a 10 to the power of a googol worth of zeros, and if you were to write every 0 in that number out there wouldn’t be enough particles in the visible universe for every 0 that’s in a googolplex. A googolplex would actually be close to representing the total number of possible combinations an observable universe full ofsand particles could be arranged (similar to the sequences you could find a shuffled pack of cards in). Graham's number shits on a googolplex. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 7 hours ago, throbber said: Did anyone on here know that a googol (1x10^100) is a larger number than the number of grains of sand it would take to compact into the visible universe? In fact it would take 100,000 more visible universes to make a googol worth of sand particles. I seem to remember it was a £1,000,000 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Have any P&Bers ever won £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 6 hours ago, Lurkst said: I seem to remember it was a £1,000,000 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Have any P&Bers ever won £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ? No but I always remember that I knew the answer to the first time someone reached it. Something to do with Durham Cricket club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 3 minutes ago, Stellaboz said: No but I always remember that I knew the answer to the first time someone reached it. Something to do with Durham Cricket club. Yeah, the first million pound question was "Which English County Cricket club plays their games at Chester-le-Street?". It's really a geography question rather than a Cricket question and not particularly a difficult one given it's a fairly sizable town and the other options given I'm sure were nowhere near the North East of England. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throbber Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 9 hours ago, welshbairn said: Numbers can be really big if you add a lot of zeros at the end. Better? I am very sorry for my unpleasant remark 6 hours ago, Lurkst said: I seem to remember it was a £1,000,000 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Have any P&Bers ever won £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ? It was the £1m question for the major who was cheating on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 On 25/09/2023 at 00:31, Lurkst said: I seem to remember it was a £1,000,000 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Have any P&Bers ever won £1,000,000 on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? ? It's also what Google is named after. Which may be common knowledge. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djchapsticks Posted September 30, 2023 Share Posted September 30, 2023 (edited) Anyway, now a matter of 'when', not 'if' we will discover proof of life on other planets. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66950930 I, for one, welcome our new ocean-dwelling paramecium overlords. Edited September 30, 2023 by djchapsticks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 One or two jobs going at SpaceX if anybody's after a career change.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 24/09/2023 at 16:44, Melanius Mullarkay said: East and west beaches I would imagine. Obvs 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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