10^10^100

[SJ Zero]

erm...
If you've got 8 bits, then (2^9) -1 represents the max value to be stored in there. Thus, zire was correct in her assessment.

[RyanKelly]

No one can be told what the googolplex is...

I think that counts as a religious post. You might be straying from your principles.

[NecrosIhsan]

How many bytes of storage capacity is it in a 320gb HD?...umm...quite many.

If HDD manufacturers went by proper standards for megabyte/gigabyte measurement, a 320GB hard drive would hold 343,597,383,680 bytes. But since they simply round down to the nearest 1000 so the average layman (read: fscking idiot) isn't all kinds of confused (plus it's a great way of beefing up your spec to try to compete...well, it used to be, not anymore coz now they ALL do it), a 320GB hard drive holds 320,000,000,000 bytes.

And afaik...a googolplex is merely a 1 with 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 zeroes. It is said by some that to write such a large number would require more than all the space in the universe and more than all of time. And that you'll never need a larger number.

[anarky]

Nek, that's what I said! But...

In my definition, a googol is a 1 with 100 zeros. IE:
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
A googolplex is a 1 with a googol (read above) of zeros.

I see Zack's idea. 320 billion bit binary, all set at 1. Now to type that out, it's phenominally huge. Since each bit added to the length effectively doubles its value...

Imagine 320... Imagine a terabyte...

[Z!re]

Nek, that's what I said! But...

In my definition, a googol is a 1 with 100 zeros. IE:
10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.
A googolplex is a 1 with a googol (read above) of zeros.

I see Zack's idea. 320 billion bit binary, all set at 1. Now to type that out, it's phenominally huge. Since each bit added to the length effectively doubles its value...

Imagine 320... Imagine a terabyte...

I already did the calculation for a 320gb HD, it's not really that advanced.. at all.. and the number isnt that big..

1TB = (for ease of calculation) 1000000000000 bytes, or 8000000000000 bits
Thus, maximum number possible would be (2^8000000000000)-1 and you can once again clearly see that's less than 10^100[...]000

[Z!re]

erm...
If you've got 8 bits, then (2^9) -1 represents the max value to be stored in there. Thus, zire was correct in her assessment.

Actually, and this goes for Zack too..

I was wrong, but correct from the beginning, assuming you count the 0.

(2^8)-1 = 255
2^8 does not equal 128

Thus, 2^320GB-1 = Maximum number possible.