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"Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large numer.

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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

99 bottle of beer in my fridge, 99 bottles of beer.
Take one out, pass it to me.
98 bottles of beer in my fridge.

Isn't that how it goes?
 
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Memeticemetic said:
Please. You're as much a nerd as anyone here. Nerd-face. :cool:
Click to expand...

Never said I wasn't, did I? ;)
 
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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

It occurs to me there is an even simpler solution, which scans better.
Here is an algorithm

"Let us define f(n) as
f(n) = C - n
where C is some arbitrarily large constant and
n is an element of the closed interval [0,C]
Sing to the tune of "99 bottles of beer on the wall"
the first time:

C bottles of beer on the wall, C bottles of beer...

for the first repetition sing
f(1) bottles of beer on the wall, f(1) bottles of beer..

thereafter increase n monotonically until n = C"

el oh el
 
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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

I bet I could write a C program to do this. Wonder how long it would take it to print all that text? Calculating it isn't this issue, the command prompt only refreshes to fast.

Anyway, next verse!

Nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven bottles of beer on the wall, nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-seven bottles of beer! Take one down, pass it around, nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-six bottles of beer on the wall!
 
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So we expect the number of posts in this thread to be equal to 1428571428571428571428571428571.4 times the number of humans on our planet? :)

Nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-six bottles of beer on the wall,

nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-six bottles of beer!

You take one down, pass it around,

nine hundred ninety-nine undecillion nine hundred ninety-nine decillion nine hundred ninety-nine nonillion nine hundred ninety-nine octillion nine hundred ninety-nine septillion nine hundred ninety-nine sextillion nine hundred ninety-nine quintillion nine hundred ninety-nine quadrillion nine hundred ninety-nine trillion nine hundred ninety-nine billion nine hundred ninety-nine million nine hundred ninety-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-five bottles of beer on the wall!
 
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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

The fastest computers could do this countdown in...
~1000 years?
 
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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

)O( Hytegia )O( said:
The fastest computers could do this countdown in...
~1000 years?
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Not necessarily. I don't see any problem with computers counting down from 10[sup]39[/sup] with current technology. If they can calculate several trillion digits of pi, this should be trivial, right?
 
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Re: "Bottles of Beer On the Wall" starting with a large nume

RigelKentaurusA said:
10[sup]39[/sup]
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The League of Reason Forum should have no formatting issues preventing the use of basic mathematical notation.
How do we use superscript and subscript?
 
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