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10^10^100
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Quote: a standard computer can't hold a number as big as 1 googolplex. But our minds can,

No computer holds a number. A bit field is not a number. A computer proccesses the bit fields and give output that signifies a number (visually, sonicly, temporally). You could easily, with a standard computer, design a system that manipulates huge numbers and outputs them in some significant fashion. There are even systems available for working with transcendental numbers (various magnitudes of infinity).
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10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-24-2006, 08:14 PM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-24-2006, 08:48 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-24-2006, 08:48 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-24-2006, 08:50 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-24-2006, 08:56 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-24-2006, 08:57 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-24-2006, 09:12 PM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-24-2006, 09:17 PM
10^10^100 - by thegrogen - 03-24-2006, 10:16 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-25-2006, 12:03 AM
10^10^100 - by Dio - 03-25-2006, 01:23 AM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-25-2006, 02:05 AM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-25-2006, 02:38 AM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-25-2006, 03:19 AM
10^10^100 - by seph - 03-25-2006, 09:28 AM
10^10^100 - by SSC - 03-25-2006, 10:37 AM
10^10^100 - by Zap - 03-25-2006, 04:44 PM
10^10^100 - by SSC - 03-25-2006, 07:53 PM
10^10^100 - by RyanKelly - 03-25-2006, 09:12 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-26-2006, 04:51 AM
10^10^100 - by SJ Zero - 03-26-2006, 08:39 AM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-26-2006, 04:50 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-26-2006, 07:35 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-26-2006, 07:42 PM
10^10^100 - by Anonymous - 03-26-2006, 08:14 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-26-2006, 08:19 PM
10^10^100 - by SJ Zero - 03-26-2006, 08:39 PM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-26-2006, 08:40 PM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-26-2006, 11:56 PM
10^10^100 - by TheBlueKeyboard - 03-27-2006, 12:41 AM
10^10^100 - by RyanKelly - 03-27-2006, 12:45 AM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-27-2006, 12:55 AM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-27-2006, 01:06 AM
10^10^100 - by TheBlueKeyboard - 03-27-2006, 01:11 AM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-27-2006, 03:01 AM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-27-2006, 03:06 AM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-27-2006, 03:11 AM
10^10^100 - by TheBlueKeyboard - 03-27-2006, 03:16 AM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-27-2006, 03:35 AM
10^10^100 - by Zack - 03-27-2006, 07:40 AM
10^10^100 - by SJ Zero - 03-27-2006, 09:42 AM
10^10^100 - by RyanKelly - 03-27-2006, 11:08 AM
10^10^100 - by NecrosIhsan - 03-27-2006, 11:17 AM
10^10^100 - by anarky - 03-27-2006, 05:09 PM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-27-2006, 05:15 PM
10^10^100 - by Z!re - 03-27-2006, 05:18 PM

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