Comments on: Do Zeroes Cure Inumeracy? http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/do_zeroes_cure_inumeracy/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:36:53 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » The Politics of AIG http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/do_zeroes_cure_inumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-993577 PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts » The Politics of AIG Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:11:52 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=33364#comment-993577 [...] more to the point, if a company needed $170 billion ($170,000,000,000) just to survive how could anyone in the company deserve a bonus? This question is made several [...] [...] more to the point, if a company needed $170 billion ($170,000,000,000) just to survive how could anyone in the company deserve a bonus? This question is made several [...]

]]> By: William d'Inger http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/do_zeroes_cure_inumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-993185 William d'Inger Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:22:40 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=33364#comment-993185 <blockquote>Gotta respect a numbering system that has names out to 10^19.</blockquote>That's a strange remark, odograph. English (American usage anyway) has names out to 10^303. It's called a centillion. In British usage it means 10^600. I fail to see the superiority of the Indian numbering system in that regard.

Gotta respect a numbering system that has names out to 10^19.

That's a strange remark, odograph. English (American usage anyway) has names out to 10^303. It's called a centillion. In British usage it means 10^600. I fail to see the superiority of the Indian numbering system in that regard.

]]> By: odograph http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/do_zeroes_cure_inumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-992825 odograph Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:26 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=33364#comment-992825 The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_numbering_system" rel="nofollow">Indian numbering system</a> is much more interesting. Our debt is only one neel. Gotta respect a numbering system that has names out to 10^19. The Indian numbering system is much more interesting. Our debt is only one neel.

Gotta respect a numbering system that has names out to 10^19.

]]> By: Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/do_zeroes_cure_inumeracy/comment-page-1/#comment-992820 Snoop-Diggity-DANG-Dawg Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:52:22 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/?p=33364#comment-992820 "Zero" is certainly germane to America's future. We might as well get used to it. "Zero" is certainly germane to America's future. We might as well get used to it.

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