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#1 2005-07-20 18:49:29

Roraborealis
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Do you think you can?

Do you think you can count to a billion? Do you think that you know how to, and you know every single number, aand wouldn't get stuck on the way?


School is practice for the future. Practice makes perfect. But - nobody's perfect, so why practice?

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#2 2005-07-20 18:54:07

mathsyperson
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Re: Do you think you can?

It depends which kind of billion.
If it's the English one (10^12), then I'd most probably die first.
If it's the American one (10^9), then I probably could, but certainly don't want to.


Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.

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#3 2005-07-20 19:32:24

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Do you think you can?

I would be wasting close to 33 years of my life if i did (the American Billion), assuming I don't sleep!

Last edited by Jai Ganesh (2005-07-20 20:32:21)


It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.

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