meganumbers (was Re: Base 8 counting in Gevey)

In a message dated 29.10.2001 01:49:29 PM, theiling@ABSINT.COM quoteth &
writes:

>Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
>...
>> > 1,000,000,000,000,000 - ouzçí
>>
>> Egads!  The Kassi have no names for numbers higher than 144,
>
>Tyl-Sjok has no numbers higher than ten for base ten and sixteen for
>base sixteen.  I wanted to get around the question of after how many
>digits to put dots etc.  They use a `compressed' scientific notation
>in which the number above is:
>
>  1,000,000,000,000,000
>= kjox wng kyng il    kjox
>= ten  add five power ten
>
    Lego's largest number (so far) is [spellings are tentative]:

    _googolplex_ (or hectoplexplex, 10 to 1,000th, I think)

    smallest, "practical" #: _yocto_ (1/septillionth)

    :)
    czHANg, TULAU (Tanglin' Up Languages As Usual)