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I'll see you and raise you a © . Which in my book is c, the speed of light in a vacuum, 299792458 m/s, a mere 9 digits, but inscribed in a circle using Steinha

I'll see you and raise you a © . Which in my book is c, the speed of light in a vacuum, 299792458 m/s, a mere 9 digits, but inscribed in a circle using Steinhaus–Moser notation[1] is equivalent to a number so mindbogglingly big that I'm not even going to attempt to calculate its measure.[2] [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinhaus%E2%80%93Moser_notation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinhaus%E2%80%93Moser_notatio... [2]: Not that it makes any sense to perform this operation on c, but I think that use of © in this way is much more interesting than its current usage.

VLM 12y ago
I admit defeat, using standard notation I can't think of a better ratio of numeric length vs symbolic representation. Well played! Aaronson's got a blog entry tangentially related to this competition http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/bignumbers.html "In an old joke, two noblemen vie to name the bigger number. The first, after ruminating for hours, triumphantly announces "Eighty-three!" The second, mightily impressed, replies "You win.""
- ackalker 12y ago
  Thank you for a nice challenge, and thanks for the interesting link :-) As someone who is genuinely interested in AI, I'm very curious if lateral thinking like we demonstrated can ever be matched by a machine. I'm watching things unfold with great interest.