Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

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Arrrggghh!!!

Me back's bad this morning. I'm walking about like that Squashymodo.

[pokefast]

Arrrggghh!!!

Me back's bad this morning. I'm walking about like that Squashymodo.

Get mrs Red to give you a rub.

[tikay]

I love big numbers, will give that program a watch tomorrow.


I bore people at parties with this stuff

Number of atoms in 12grams of carbon is around about 6 x 10²³
Nunber of atoms in the observable universe is about 10⁸⁰

Because 90% of the Universe is hydrogen and 9% Helium, the number of electrons in the universe isn't that much bigger than the number of atoms.

Your Googol is 10¹⁰⁰

Number of different move sequences it's possible to have in a game of chess is 10¹²³, even though it's only played on a board of 64 squares.
The same number, called the game tree complexity, for the game of draughts is only 10³¹. Since 2007, computers have now solved the game of draughts, ie worked out every possible combination so it's now theoretically impossible to beat this machine at draughts.

If every computer in the world today was switched to the task of solving the game of chess in the same way, and every citizen was given the task of building more computers to join in, the sun would likely have exploded before the job was half finished.



I was reading somewhere about the number of different move sequences possible in a game that consisted of the entire universe, and swapping two atoms constituted one move. I can't remember where I read it though

Come to my parties, & bore me - I love all this stuff.

[Jon MW]

It doesn't sound that many, but apparently, it's more than all the atoms in the known universe.

According to the programme, you couldn't fit the zeros of a googolplex in the known universe, even if you could draw one on every atom.

those are the same fact as the number of zeros is a googol

glad to hear the programme was good, I recorded it to watch tomorrow. I want to see the bit about all the various infinities

To be fair there are only 2 really.

Although if you want to use a less rigorous definition there are an infinite amount.

Simples.

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Mitch

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Well me back's no better. In fact, it's worse if anything, and it's spreading to my neck.

Lamentable lack of sympathy on this thread imo.

[Claw75]

hope you're feeling better soon Tom *gives virtual back rub* xxxx

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hope you're feeling better soon Tom *gives virtual back rub* xxxx

*Accepts virtual back rub grudgingly. Maintains pet lip*

[Claw75]

hope you're feeling better soon Tom *gives virtual back rub* xxxx

*Accepts virtual back rub grudgingly. Maintains pet lip*

nice virtual cup of tea any use to you?

[tikay]

Well me back's no better. In fact, it's worse if anything, and it's spreading to my neck.

Lamentable lack of sympathy on this thread imo.

My knee is worse than your back.

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hope you're feeling better soon Tom *gives virtual back rub* xxxx

*Accepts virtual back rub grudgingly. Maintains pet lip*

nice virtual cup of tea any use to you?

Yes please, milk, two virtuals.

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Well me back's no better. In fact, it's worse if anything, and it's spreading to my neck.

Lamentable lack of sympathy on this thread imo.

My knee is worse than your back.

Not to me it isn't. Now, Can you lendz a monkey til I get straight?

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Anyway. you've got a spare knee, I've only the one back.

[tikay]

Well me back's no better. In fact, it's worse if anything, and it's spreading to my neck.

Lamentable lack of sympathy on this thread imo.

My knee is worse than your back.

Not to me it isn't. Now, Can you lendz a monkey til I get straight?

Behave, or I'll give you a straightener.

Does Mrs Red care about my knee? I care about her dirty dishes, it's only fair.

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Me to doctor: "I've got a bad back"

Doctor: "It's old age"  

Me: "I want a second opinion"

Doctor: "OK. you're ugly as well"