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Roraborealis

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Registered: 2005-03-17

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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?

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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.

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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)

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