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CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

Click to Learn More:  it is 340 undecillion

Published Friday, January 04, 2008 4:41 PM by Matt-MS

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Friday, January 04, 2008 5:18 PM by Łukasz Foks

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

This number represent: available IPv6 addresses (3,4 x 10^38).

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Friday, January 04, 2008 5:19 PM by Hafthor

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

2^128 - number of possible C# decimal numbers.

Friday, January 04, 2008 5:40 PM by Blake Handler

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

Poor right justification? (^_^)

Friday, January 04, 2008 7:01 PM by hafthor

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

Okay, IPv6 addresses also, but if you are going to show the exact number, make sure to discount it for special addresses which aren't really available, like the 6to4 range, fec0::/10 and such.

128 bit currency type is also available to VB.NET. GUIDs are also 128 bit.

Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:09 AM by Keith Combs

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

The number of possible margarita combinations that are available in a normal human lifetime.

Saturday, January 05, 2008 11:34 AM by Shay

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

Bill Gates's bank account balance :)

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Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:00 PM by Tim Barrett

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

The number of calories in a plate of Outback Steakhouse Cheese Fies (carry the decimal for a Bloomin' Onion).

-Tim

Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:09 PM by absoblogginlutely

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

number of windows crash reports sent to Microsoft ;-)

Monday, January 07, 2008 8:21 AM by Matt Hester's WebLog

# IPv6 is coming!

Last post, I presented you with a challenge number: 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456

Monday, January 07, 2008 8:05 PM by TinMan

# re: CHALLENGE: What does this number represent?

I know! Possible number of combinations for my password. XD

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