My new favorite number... is being censored.
May 01, 2007 at 08:52 PM | categories: hd-dvd | View Comments
13256278887989457651018865901401704640, or as programmers might write it 09-F9-11-02-9D-74-E3-5B-D8-41-56-C5-63-56-88-C0, is a great number that has so many different meanings.. For instance:
- 4.3357393 billion tonnes of gold, which is precisely how much gold I would like to have, contains 13256278887989457651018865901401704640 gold atoms.
- 13256278887989457651018865901401704640 E-22 seconds ago there were primates living in Texas
- The total amount of sediment needed to maintain the deltaic wetlands in coastal Louisiana is 13256278887989457651018865901401704640 yoctograms
And now the AACS is claiming that they own the number. Sorry AACS, like most numbers, 'your' number has a long history of prior art.