|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
Higher than me anyhow
5.865696e+12
^Can someone tell me what that e+12 business is ?
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5 |
I can't tell if something is lost in the typing, but it looks like scientific notation for five point blah-blah times ten to the positive twelfth power. But that e is usually E.
It's either that or 5.whatever times e to the positive twelfth power, where e is the base of the natural exponential function.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 11,392
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 11,392 |
Move decimal 12 spots to the right. That's the fast way of writing scientific notation.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
I was using an online calculator and that is the answer I got
31536000 X 186000 = 5.865696e+12
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
5,865,696,000,000 then
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 11,116 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 11,116 Likes: 1 |
Yup. It's computerspeak for 10^12. It means move the decimal plae 12 places to the right.
Be not weary in well doing.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5 |
That's 5,865,696,000,000, i.e., five point eight six yadayada times ten to the twelfth power.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
So why didn't the calculator just display that , there's room on the dadgum thing for 28 digits.
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2 |
Letters and numbers just don't belong together in my arithmetic..
Gimme letters and I'll read your book. Gimme me numbers with a function mark and I'll cypher the problem.. But don't gimme both.
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
"A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,253 Likes: 2
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,253 Likes: 2 |
5,865,696,000,000 then
Mike The national debt under hitlery? Gunner
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
5,865,696,000,000 then
Mike The national debt under hitlery? Gunner Well , no , 1/3 the national debt thus far. Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 6,263
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 6,263 |
He wanted to know how many gallons of diesel it would take to travel 3600 light years...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,253 Likes: 2
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Sep 2009
Posts: 46,253 Likes: 2 |
My lame attempt at humor has failed yet again.  Gunner
Trump Won!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2 |
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
"A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5
Campfire 'Bwana
|
|
Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Jun 2004
Posts: 44,869 Likes: 5 |
You left out some details.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2
Campfire Ranger
|
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 17,279 Likes: 2 |
Minor details 
"I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Thomas Jefferson
GeoW, The "Unwoke" ...Let's go Brandon!
"A Well Regulated Militia" Life Member
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 52,680
Campfire Kahuna
|
|
Campfire Kahuna
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 52,680 |
if you want to have some fun.........
mathman
e =1
Liberalism is a mental disorder that leads to social disease.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065
Campfire Outfitter
|
|
OP
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 13,065 |
Actually I was outside a while ago looking at the stars , got me pondering the speed of light & such.
light travels at 186000 miles per second x 31536000 seconds in a year = 5865696000000 miles that light travels in a year.
5865696000000 just so happens to be about 1/3 the national debt.
If we paid off the national debt at the speed of light , $186000 per second , it would take 3 years.
The government ain't ever done anything at the speed of light.
We are screwed , I read it in the stars.
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,237
Campfire Tracker
|
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,237 |
i= the imaginary number ie: the pi root of negative one, it must exist, but could be either 1 or negative one depending on pi's value being either even or odd.
The imaginary number is also the right amount of quantitative easing.
The real problem with math is there are too many numbers.
Last edited by siskiyous6; 03/02/14.
Ignorance is not confined to uneducated people.
WHO IS JOHN GALT?
LIBERTY!
|
|
|
|
|
311 members (222Sako, 1Longbow, 12344mag, 1lessdog, 160user, 10Glocks, 34 invisible),
1,760
guests, and
1,180
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,750
Posts18,495,308
Members73,977
| |
Most Online11,491
Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|
