Student Wants Science To Name 'Hella' Big Number 193
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.'"
Nothing says math revolution (Score:5, Funny)
like a page in facebook.
Cartman (Score:5, Funny)
"You guys are hella stupid...you guys are hella lame."
Re:Cartman (Score:5, Funny)
Damn it Cartman, stop saying Hella.
Good Luck... (Score:5, Funny)
Who is this guy? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What do (Score:4, Funny)
Given the amount of hellenic state deficit, I think that setting 1 hella = 10^27 is quite appropriate.
Guy walks into a store (Score:5, Funny)
Clerk promptly smacks him with a laptop.
"Thanks!"
Ye gods no! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:What do (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Cartman (Score:4, Funny)
whatever you guys, i'm hella keeeeewwwww'
This is an extrordinarily bad idea... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Not going to happen (Score:5, Funny)
10^-24: chico-
10^-27: harpo-
10^-30: groucho-
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Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Plus, it breaks the convention of naming things after the person who discovered them.
Yeah, Mr. Liter, Dr. Meter, and Reginald the Second are going to be really steamed if this is adopted.
Re:I've always supported flexible use of language (Score:4, Funny)
So you understand Bush, but most people have trouble understanding you. I suggest freezing yourself for 500 years and going to see the doctor:
"Don't wanna sound like a dick or nothin', but it says on your chart that you're fucked up. Ah, you talk like a fag, and your shit's all retarded. What I'd do, is just like... ha ha... like... aha... you know, like, you know what I mean, like... haha... Don't worry scrote! There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She's a pilot now."
Re:Not going to happen (Score:1, Funny)
good luck with that! I don't give that terminology's adoption a chico's chance in a groucho.
Hella is cool (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not going to happen (Score:1, Funny)
... or we can retain zepto- and adapt your request:
10^24: chicto-
10^27: harpto-
10^30: grouchto-