On 29 Oct 2009, at 12:38pm, Griggs, Donald wrote:

> Regarding:  How to input the num
> "212345678901234567890123456.988290112"?
>
>
> Purely curious, if it's not confidential -- how are you acquiring
> numbers of such precision?
>
> If these are measurements, I'm just awed by the precision the device  
> is
> achieving.

The number of atoms in our planet is around 10^50.  So with 34 digits  
of accuracy that number is discussing something which has a volume  
which is around one 10^5th the radius of our planet.  He's probably  
measuring the number of atoms in a city or something.

Simon.
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