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Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number

Posted by samzenpus on from the big-way-big-and-hella-big dept.

thodelu writes "Austin Sendek, a 20-year-old UC Davis student, is trying to get scientists from Boise to Beijing to use the term 'hella' to denote the unimaginably huge, seldom-cited quantity of 10 to the 27th power. From the article: 'It started as a joke, but Sendek's Facebook petition: to the Consultative Committee on Units, a subdivision of the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures, has drawn more than 60,000 supporters. Its chances for formal adoption by the global weights-and-measures community are hella dim, but Google was so taken with Sendek's modest proposal that it incorporated "hella" in its online calculator.'"

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  1. Nothing says math revolution by notommy · · Score: 5, Funny

    like a page in facebook.

  2. Re:Cartman by DeafDumbBlind · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn it Cartman, stop saying Hella.

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  3. Good Luck... by ringmaster1982 · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. I lost my bid to the EU to adopt Metric F*ck Ton. =(

  4. Guy walks into a store by somaTh · · Score: 5, Funny

    A guy walks into a store. "I'd like a 1 Hellahertz computer"
    Clerk promptly smacks him with a laptop.
    "Thanks!"

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  5. Re:Not going to happen by RevWaldo · · Score: 5, Funny

    New petition! Replace zepto- with zeppo-. To be followed of course by:

    10^-24: chico-
    10^-27: harpo-
    10^-30: groucho-


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