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From: steveu on 6 Jul 2010 00:27
>Various news stories report the following:
>
>"In early 2010, Austin Sendek of UC Davis created a petition
>encouraging the SI system to designate "hella-" as the prefix for
>10^27, following "yotta-" for 10^24."
>
>(Some sources mistakenly state that Sendek would like the
>nubmer 10^27 to be referred to as "a hella"; but this is not
>the case, and is obviously not even remotely grammatical.)

and will 10^30 be valotta- ? :-\


Steve
From: kevin on 6 Jul 2010 00:29
On Jul 6, 12:27 am, "steveu" <steveu(a)n_o_s_p_a_m.coppice.org> wrote:
> >Various news stories report the following:
>
> >"In early 2010, Austin Sendek of UC Davis created a petition
> >encouraging the SI system to designate "hella-" as the prefix for
> >10^27, following "yotta-" for 10^24."
>
> >(Some sources mistakenly state that Sendek would like the
> >nubmer 10^27 to be referred to as "a hella"; but this is not
> >the case, and is obviously not even remotely grammatical.)
>
> and will 10^30 be valotta- ? :-\
>
> Steve

And is yotta-yotta-yotta (10^24)^3 ?

Kevin McGee
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