tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post5657540467594709882..comments2023-09-24T05:45:23.811-05:00Comments on Paleoglot: Sand-hundredGlen Gordonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-74917403180001135602012-01-12T23:17:48.644-06:002012-01-12T23:17:48.644-06:00There's already "zetta-" and "y...There's already "zetta-" and "yotta-" (as well as their negative exponential counterparts, "zepto- and "yocto-"). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefixCasey Goransonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515485425230479050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-84860178948916919952012-01-12T10:49:13.446-06:002012-01-12T10:49:13.446-06:00I see there's fodder yet for metric prefix cre...I see there's fodder yet for metric prefix creators, if we turn out to need something beyond "exa-"!kiwehtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308615465960261799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-30401060140227264102012-01-12T10:48:31.210-06:002012-01-12T10:48:31.210-06:00I see there's fodder yet for metric prefix cre...I see there's fodder yet for metric prefix creators, if we need something beyond exa-!kiwehtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308615465960261799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-13295930791430404542011-12-10T16:24:04.964-06:002011-12-10T16:24:04.964-06:00You should have clicked on the link provided in my...You should have clicked on the link provided in my post. It leads to the Perseus website entry for <a href="http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0058%3Aentry%3Dyammako%2Fsioi" rel="nofollow">ψαμμακόσιοι</a>. There, it sources to the playwright Eupolis who precedes Archimedes by a couple of centuries.Glen Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02440249042894225949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7202150793869184289.post-7455501040040347712011-12-09T21:33:10.004-06:002011-12-09T21:33:10.004-06:00Does it come from Archimedes' treatise on larg...Does it come from Archimedes' treatise on large numbers entitled "the Sand grain counter"?<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sand_Reckonernycguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02799769428539687855noreply@blogger.com