> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If the printout has 80 characters per line and 60 lines per page,
> you'll need 190 pages for 910000 decimal digits. You must have
> big pages. Do you use four walls, floor, and ceiling?
If one used readable fonts, then yes, one would need a couple hundred
pages to print out the great one. If one uses two point font, then one
gets several hundred characters per line and three hundred lines
per page. Now of course, the pages look like grey goo. I have been
asked why I have six pages of greyness on my wall. {8^D Those with
*very* good eyes can resolve characters and even read them off of a
two point printout from a good laser printer.
I once had a great idea: I would express the Great Number in hex!
Then I realized that I would get with 4 pages of tiny Fs. {8-[
Not so interesting. But if some clever GIMPSer were to generate the
perfect number that is (M37*(M37+1))/2 then express *that* number
in hex, I would clear off a space on my office wall for it. {8-] Anyone
accept the challenge?
Thanks for the explanation of the LL Peter! spike
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