5 0 0 ! _ M.P.G.

Mathematica says 500! has 1135 digits.

sparky (~_~)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .( 10 ^100 )
How many digits in a googleplex 10

it's right there in power notation, ten to the power of a google

which is a one followed by 100 zeros

There is not enough space in the known universe to express this in

decimal notation.

See ->

http://www.fpx.de/fp/Fun/Googolplex

http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/math/numbers.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~mrob/pub/math/largenum.html

The factorial of just a google is greater than a googleplex

. . (9.9565705518098× ( 10 ^101 )
10

As for the factorial of this googleplex thingy good luck

figuring that. There is not enough RAM in the universe.

.

[Edited on 24-7-2006 by franklyn]

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on. At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon."

In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating: If GM had developed technology like Microsoft, we would all be driving cars with the following characteristics :

1. For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash twice a day.
2. Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.
3. Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason.
You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue. For some reason you would simply accept this.
4. Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.
6. The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single "This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation" warning light.
7. The airbag system would ask "Are you sure?" before deploying.
8. Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna
9. Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.
10. You'd have to press the "Start" button to turn the engine off



[Edited on 25-7-2006 by franklyn]

In my experience it is rare to hear of a truly new technical
advancement in the thermodynamics of prime movers ( heat engines ).
Most so called " revolutionary " developments are revisions
of old ideas or different mechanical arrangements. The prospect
of an original idea capable of altering the world econmy seems
the stuff of frauds and charlatans. This is the real thing, the
equal of the work of Deisel , Otto , Stirling , Rankine or even
Watt. What are known as bottoming cycle engines , attempt to
recycle unused heat normally wasted to produce useful torque.
These are basic exhaust gas heated vapor generators that drive
a small auxilliary turbine or expansion motor. The complexity
and added cost of this scheme kept it only a curiousity. The
holy grail of a cheaply implemented mechanism has always seemed
distant until now , and to realize that one could actually
modify existing car engines so easily and simply , I slap my
forehead " why didn't I think of that ! "

Go ahead , make my day