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> 	No, physicists don't usually think in binary, and no, I didn't mean
> 10^200th.  A physicist would say there are about 10^40 electrons and a
> computer scientist would call that about 2^200 because it's more useful
> that way.  And please, no nitpicking from people claiming these numbers are
> off by an order of magnitude or two.
> -- 
> Roy Smith, {allegra,philabs}!phri!roy
> System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
> 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

A mathematically trained ex-psychologist says that 10^40 is
2^132, more or less.  a^x = b^((x*log(a))/log(b)) - in this case
10^40 = 2^(40*1/.303) = 2^132 to three place precision.

I think correcting an error of over 20 orders of magnitude (200*.303 -40)
is not nitpicking, wouldn't you agree?
-- 
Jerry Natowitz (HASA - A division)
Bell Labs HR 2A-214
201-615-5178 (no CORNET)
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Isn't it interesting how the beautiful little red flower in the forest
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