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MacGorilla · May 30, 2004, 08:50 PM

How long is that? I'm an english major; I can't do math

Spheric Harlot · May 30, 2004, 08:53 PM

According to the Calculator that came with my install of OS X (but is apparently missing from yours

), it's 1210.286380478205 seconds, or just over twenty minutes.

-s*

MacGorilla · May 30, 2004, 08:55 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
According to the Calculator that came with my install of OS X (but is apparently missing from yours ), it's 1210.286380478205 seconds, or just over twenty minutes.

-s*

Ummm...I don't even know how to convert this notation to "real" numbers via the calculator.

Spheric Harlot · May 30, 2004, 09:06 PM

Originally posted by MacGorilla:
Ummm...I don't even know how to convert this notation to "real" numbers via the calculator.

switch the calculator into scientific mode. There's an e^x button.

(That said, I never did much with the e constant, and it's entirely possible that I completely messed that up, what with it being over ten years ago...</disclaimer>)

-s*

b^3 · May 30, 2004, 09:34 PM

3*10^6 seconds = 3 000 000 seconds
= 50 000 minutes
= 833 1/3 hours
= 34 13/18 days

gorickey · May 30, 2004, 09:39 PM

Why?

Agasthya · May 30, 2004, 09:41 PM

http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...nds+to+minutes

Spheric Harlot · May 30, 2004, 09:54 PM

Originally posted by b^3:
3*10^6 seconds = 3 000 000 seconds
= 50 000 minutes
= 833 1/3 hours
= 34 13/18 days

oh.

"e6" means *10^6?

I thought it referred to the constant e.

-s*

ghost_flash · May 30, 2004, 09:59 PM

Easier just to do this too:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...es&btnG=Search

ghost_flash · May 30, 2004, 10:02 PM

Originally posted by b^3:
3*10^6 seconds = 3 000 000 seconds
= 50 000 minutes
= 833 1/3 hours
= 34 13/18 days

Nice math lesson.

Spheric Harlot · May 30, 2004, 10:02 PM

Okay, so b^3 was right.

cool.

hyteckit · May 30, 2004, 11:07 PM

Wow, and I thought this was a joke.

Sod Off Sadr · May 30, 2004, 11:09 PM

Originally posted by Spheric Harlot:
oh.

"e6" means *10^6?

I thought it referred to the constant e.

-s*

figures. running for president in the other thread, I see.

MacGorilla · May 30, 2004, 11:18 PM

I really needed to know this when I started the thread. You guys are the best

King Bob On The Cob · May 30, 2004, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by b^3:
3*10^6 seconds = 3 000 000 seconds
= 50 000 minutes
= 833 1/3 hours
= 34 13/18 days

e == the inverse of ln I think...

b^3 · May 31, 2004, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by King Bob On The Cob:
e == the inverse of ln I think...

Usually it is, but in this context it is being used as a shorthand for scientific notation.
You can easily see this by making the calculator in OS X display a large enough number (eg. typing in 100 and press the '10^x' button gives 1e+100).

hyteckit · May 31, 2004, 02:42 AM

Using the OS X calculator and type:

3,000,000,001 * 1,000,000,000

The calculator can't handle so many zeros, so it uses scientific notation. e is just the exponent in base 10.

wataru · May 31, 2004, 03:09 AM

This is one of the most depressing threads I've seen in a while.

entrox · May 31, 2004, 06:13 AM

The 'e' stands for 'exponent'. Back to school

Spheric Harlot · May 31, 2004, 09:20 AM

Originally posted by Sod Off Sadr:
figures. running for president in the other thread, I see.

Nah, just humoring the oblivious nimrod who nominated me.

TheMosco · May 31, 2004, 07:33 PM

Its the "EE" button on a Ti-83, and I am guessing it is similar for all ti models.