http://www.metafilter.com/tags/googol Posts tagged with 'googol' at MetaFilter. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:38:46 -0800 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:38:46 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/77947/What%2DLies%2DPast%2DEternity%2Dfor%2Dthe%2DUniverse Exit Mundi's thoughts on the latest anticipated apocalypse: the <a href="http://www.exitmundi.nl/eternity.htm">coming apocalypse in 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 A.D.</a>. (No kidding.) <small><i>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/40303/Its-the-end-of-the-World-as-we-know-it">Previously</a> and <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/62989/This-will-wendel">previously</a>.)</i> <small><i>(head asplode)</i></small></small> The subpage lists as sources <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ABookSources&isbn=0521833256">Evolving Cosmos</a></i> and Stephen Battersby's February '05 article in <i>New Scientist</i>, "<a href="http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18524851.100-the-final-unravelling-of-the-universe.html">The Final Unravelling of the Universe</a>." Although the site at large is familiar to many Mefites, this particular subpage seems to have been added rather recently and I thought contained ideas that are unusual and interesting enough to be worthy of highlighting ... tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.77947 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 22:38:46 -0800 apocalypse cosmology cosmos endtimes googol universe WCityMike http://www.metafilter.com/33126/Thats%2DGooGOL <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-as.googol16may16,0,1939718.story?">A hundred times no!</a> The family of the man who coined the term "Googol" (well, to be honest, he swiped it from a nine-year-old kid) are angry that Google hasn't given them a taste of the upcoming IPO. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.33126 Sun, 16 May 2004 07:27:59 -0800 google googol ipo baltimore