The Minority Report

I think this is pretty fucking cool! In fact, I think it’s HELLAcool!!

I have no idea what the fuck that this “The Official Petition to Establish “Hella-” as the SI Prefix for 10^27” will do or what impact they can possibly have but click the fucking link and show your support.

As science becomes increasing precise, and as computers provide the ability to crunch ever larger (and smaller) numbers, scientists are looking to name numbers with lots of zeroes. You’ve heard of mega, giga and tera. You might have even heard of yotta — which is a one followed by 24 zeroes. But now some scientists are petitioning the International System of Units to create a binary prefix for a one followed by 27 zeroes. This number, they think, should be called “hella”.
Hella Good: Scientists Petition to Name a Very Large Number

Fox News reports:

Founder of the campaign Austin Sendek, a physics student at the University of California, said recent breakthroughs in science meant SI needed to go further with its classification of long numbers.

“As you know, the largest number with a designated SI prefix is 10^24, which carries the name ‘yotta-,’” Sendek wrote. “However, in our world of increasing physical awareness and experimental precision, this number is no longer a satisfactory ‘upper bound’ in scientific nomenclature.”

Sendek and his petition signatories believe naming numbers in the 10^27 category is of “critical importance for scientists in all fields.” He said these numbers are vital to representing “the wattage of the sun, distances between galaxies, or the number of atoms in a large sample.”
FOXNews.com – Mega, Giga, Tera, and Now the Hella

I’ve always like Gwen Stefani’s song Hella Good! Now it’s going to be GOOD with 24 zeros after it!!