# A google?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [October 8, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049 "2012-10-08T03:12:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/21 "2012-10-10T18:13:26Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> How much is a Bing?

A fraction of a Crosby.

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### Author: ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/22 "2012-10-10T18:19:52Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> How much is a Bing?

I’d say: The biggest number mentioned in this thread so far plus ⅜

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### Author: ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/23 "2012-10-10T18:57:07Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> A fraction of a Crosby.

No, that’s not right. A Crosby is a member of the set of Crosbies. Most Crosbies are a fraction of a Bing.

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### Author: ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/24 "2012-10-10T19:36:28Z")

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> [@Nametag](#):
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> No, that’s not right. A Crosby is a member of the set of Crosbies. Most Crosbies are a fraction of a Bing.

That can’t be. The set of all Crosbys is larger than the set of all Bings.

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### Author: ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/25 "2012-10-10T20:04:06Z")

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> [@Michael63129](#):
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> That said, if you want to see some really big numbers, calculate the number of different images even a low-resolution computer monitor (1980s) can display; for example, 640x480 at 16 colors (4 bits per pixel), which comes out to 2 ^ (307,200 pixels x 4 bpp) or 4.557 x 10^369,905 (you can calculate this [with this Java applet](http://www.grc.com/Big-Number-Calculator.htm)).

So 4.557 x 10^369,905 would be an alta-vista?

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### Author: ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-google/637049/26 "2012-10-10T21:43:06Z")

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> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> So 4.557 x 10^369,905 would be an alta-vista?

This thread is very excite-ing.

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