Re: Long View

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

>
>> -> The decomposition of protons, basic particles of ordinary
>> -> matter, will destroy what remains of the stellar relics, thus
>> -> ringing down the curtain on the degenerate era in 10 trillion
>> -> trillion trillion years....
>> ->
>
>What's the rush, Carl? The National Edition of the Times says we've
>got 10 trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion trillion
>trillion years, & repeats the number as 10^100.
>
>But maybe you're right. What we read out here ought to be called the
>Trial Edition, & I gather that John rewrote the story for the final.

My edition says (correctly): 10,000 followed by 8 "trillions." I checked
their math when I read the story--possibly under the evil Harmon influence. ;-)

Regards,

Harry Binswanger
hb@xxxxxxxx