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Title: Ohh, I Wish I Had A Billion Pennies!
Post by: Sandwich on September 03, 2003, 04:57:10 am
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny
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Post by: Turnsky on September 03, 2003, 05:09:43 am
why? may i ask. did you post this?:wtf:
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Post by: Nico on September 03, 2003, 05:11:04 am
you'd need a hangar :doubt:
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Post by: J.F.K. on September 03, 2003, 05:36:54 am
:blah:

Crazy...
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Post by: Galemp on September 03, 2003, 07:14:20 am
:D That's terrific.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 03, 2003, 07:39:49 am
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Originally posted by Turnsky
why? may i ask. did you post this?:wtf:

'Cos it's not spam when Sandwich posts it

*runs*
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Post by: Turnsky on September 03, 2003, 07:48:21 am
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Originally posted by diamondgeezer

'Cos it's not spam when Sandwich posts it

*runs*


[evilpun] Spam Sandwich [/evilpun]

*runs*
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Post by: Hippo on September 03, 2003, 08:34:14 am
(http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/quintillion_bldgs_A.jpg)

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by: vyper on September 03, 2003, 08:47:35 am
Can I have that with mayo and cheese? :nervous:
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Post by: neo_hermes on September 03, 2003, 09:06:20 am
ugh. :lol:
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Post by: Gortef on September 03, 2003, 10:12:28 am
...herrrhh :blah: :lol:
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Post by: Woolie Wool on September 03, 2003, 10:55:22 am
That's a hell of a lot of pennies!:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Post by: Fineus on September 03, 2003, 12:07:55 pm
Now for someone to work out the mass of penies equivilant to that of the GTVA Colossus ;)
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Post by: TopAce on September 03, 2003, 12:13:08 pm
A billion pence. . . no pennies. :)
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Post by: CP5670 on September 03, 2003, 01:41:31 pm
Just think of what would happen if someone knocks over that cube of pennies... :D
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Post by: kasperl on September 03, 2003, 02:03:59 pm
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Originally posted by CP5670
Just think of what would happen if someone knocks over that cube of pennies... :D


just think how much it would take from someone to knock over tht cube of pennies... :D
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Post by: StratComm on September 03, 2003, 02:19:01 pm
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Originally posted by kasperl


just think how much it would take from someone to knock over tht cube of pennies... :D


Just think about how hard it would be to stack those pennies in the first place ;)

Once they are there, though, a nuclear bomb could probably go off beside them and most would still be sitting there.
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Post by: CP5670 on September 03, 2003, 02:31:06 pm
Actually I have never really tried stacking pennies (or any other coins) like that; do they fit snugly on top of each other? If they are really precariously balanced, even a gust of wind might do it. :D (since the pennies appear to arranged in distinct columns and not in just a random mix) I think the pennies might do quite a bit of damage when they hit the ground from such heights. :D
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Post by: Sandwich on September 03, 2003, 02:31:37 pm
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Originally posted by StratComm


Just think about how hard it would be to stack those pennies in the first place ;)

Once they are there, though, a nuclear bomb could probably go off beside them and most would still be sitting there.


I'd really love to see that. :)

And DG: Define spam, please.
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Post by: Charlotte on September 03, 2003, 02:38:13 pm
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Originally posted by kasperl


just think how much it would take from someone to knock over tht cube of pennies... :D


Find a way to get the "cornerstone" out and the entire thing crumbles :p
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Post by: StratComm on September 03, 2003, 02:48:19 pm
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Originally posted by Charlotte


Find a way to get the "cornerstone" out and the entire thing crumbles :p
The only problem with that is that if you tried to get the bottom penny out of a stack of pennies several hundred feet tall, the mass pressing down on it from the rest of the pennies in the stack would prevent you from doing much of anything.  The thing is, there is nothing holding the pennies together, so the best way to start making a mess is to go to the top and push a spike in to the pile somewhere near the edge.  Just shove a big spike down one of the holes between 4 stacks; you'd knock the thing over pretty quickly.  Of course, if you could somehow shift the geometry of the whole thing at once, so that instead of a cube you have a leaning box, then THAT would be interesting :D
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 03, 2003, 03:39:07 pm
This is the sort of site that makes me want to rant about what a Billion actually is...

1,000,000,000 OR 1,000,000,000,000
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Post by: Charlotte on September 03, 2003, 03:44:24 pm
http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/nineteen.asp
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Post by: Woolie Wool on September 03, 2003, 03:56:32 pm
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novemtrigintillion  1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

WHOA!:eek:

That's over a hundred zeroes!
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 03, 2003, 04:09:18 pm
pff

novemtrigintillion^novemtrigintillion

would be far more interesting.

Though I still prefer Graham's Number, and I demand that someone try to write it down, despite the fact that you can't.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 03, 2003, 04:21:21 pm
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Originally posted by Sandwich
And DG: Define spam, please.

Post you guys lock forums for with the message 'don't spam'. Actually, you're more lenient towards the S word than the other admins, but if I'd have posted this topic Mr Windrunner or Mr Styxx would have locked it instantly.






See what banning an0n did? Look what you've turned me in to! :nervous: Er.. yes. Ahem. *runs*
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Post by: Mr. Vega on September 03, 2003, 05:48:26 pm
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Actually I have never really tried stacking pennies (or any other coins) like that; do they fit snugly on top of each other? If they are really precariously balanced, even a gust of wind might do it.


The sheer pressure on the bottom pennies will do it.
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Post by: Sandwich on September 03, 2003, 05:56:35 pm
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
This is the sort of site that makes me want to rant about what a Billion actually is...

1,000,000,000 OR 1,000,000,000,000


First one's a billion, second one's a trillion.

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Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Actually, you're more lenient towards the S word than the other admins, but if I'd have posted this topic Mr Windrunner or Mr Styxx would have locked it instantly.[/size]


Don't be so sure. At the most base level, it's a math threa- oh. I see your point. Hmm.












:D
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 04, 2003, 01:36:32 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
First one's a billion, second one's a trillion.


That's where opinion differs.

1,000,000,000 is one-hundred-thousand million.
Surely a billion should a million-million.
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Post by: Charlotte on September 04, 2003, 02:02:39 am
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Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB


That's where opinion differs.

1,000,000,000 is one-hundred-thousand million.
Surely a billion should a million-million.

:wtf:

One hundred thousand million is a Helluva Lot more then a billion...

1 Billion = 1000 * 1.000.000

NOT

1 billion = 100.000 * 1.000.000 (that'd be 100.000.000.000)

Every step is *1000 :p Hence the appearance of 3 new zero's at every step.
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 04, 2003, 02:06:52 am
So it is.

I've got to stop trying to prove things at such an early hour.
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Post by: Carl on September 04, 2003, 04:58:03 am
CP, find the volume of the collosus.
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Post by: Turnsky on September 04, 2003, 05:00:48 am
so how many pennies would make a planet roughly the size of earth?
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Post by: Carl on September 04, 2003, 05:07:05 am
let's keep this project going people.

one octillion pennies: about the size of Mars.
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 04, 2003, 05:18:50 am
I'm going to say it - stacking pennies is futile
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Post by: Fineus on September 04, 2003, 05:49:52 am
One... hundred..billion..pennies!

:drevil:
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 04, 2003, 11:08:58 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
And DG: Define spam, please.

(http://www.swooh.com/peon/diamondgeezer/images/Watch.jpg)
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Post by: Woolie Wool on September 04, 2003, 11:11:43 am
Oh...my...GOD...

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 04, 2003, 11:30:08 am
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/diamondgeezer/images/Gunpoint.jpg)
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Post by: Woolie Wool on September 04, 2003, 11:35:16 am
You are a sick, twisted person.:lol:
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Post by: diamondgeezer on September 04, 2003, 11:36:52 am
(http://www.swooh.com/peon/diamondgeezer/images/Samurai%20Kittens.jpg)
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Post by: Woolie Wool on September 04, 2003, 11:37:49 am
*falls out of chair*
:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
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Post by: Gortef on September 04, 2003, 11:51:01 am
Hahaha those two first ones I've never seen before :lol::lol:
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Post by: Fineus on September 04, 2003, 11:58:29 am
Diamond, stop spamming :p
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Post by: Sandwich on September 04, 2003, 04:56:34 pm
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Originally posted by Carl
let's keep this project going people.

one octillion pennies: about the size of Mars.


ROFL!