OotS 489 "Keepin' the Little Man Down"

[Celebrim]

kilo- = 1000
mega- = 1,000,000 (1.000.000 for you Euros)
giga- = 1,000,000,000
tera- = 1,000,000,000,000
peta- = 1,000,000,000,000,000
exa- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
zetta- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
yotta- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
xenna- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
weka- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
vendeka- = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

A kilo-Nazi is a measurement of evil equal to the evil, death, and destruction caused by 1000 Nazi's of average evilness.

It should be quite easy to see that someone of even a single kiloNazi is a major scouge (Belkar), whereas, someone of a few megaNazi's is a threat to the entire regions if not the whole human race (Xykon), and the presence of even a single giga-Nazi threat is likely to devestate or destroy the world utterly (the Snarl). Anything worse than that doesn't bear imagining.

 

[Imp]

Well, the actual Nazis were, what, around 20 or 30 meganazis? (I am having trouble finding total figures. Counting only armed forces for a rough estimate.)

 

[Thunderfoot]

Well, the actual Nazis were, what, around 20 or 30 meganazis? (I am having trouble finding total figures. Counting only armed forces for a rough estimate.)

SS or Metric? Actual troop totals varied, but the strength of their forces was somewhere in the vicinity of 9,500,000 in 1942 (arguably their largest troop population to quality of training ratio) and the largest single year was 1944 where there was a rough total of 11-15,000,000; so no, it never got that large.

And thanks for the math help all, if my engineering instructor had seen that....well.

 

[Gez]

I came up with the Jolie-- the scale by which all other women are measured. One Jolie is defined as perfection, and aside from Angelina Jolie (who's since, sadly, slid down the scale quite a bit...), it's impossible to attain 1 Jolie.

Did you know that "jolie" is French for "pretty"? (More precisely, the feminine form of the adjective; the masculine form being "joli" without the 'e'.)

I thought the final one was "tera"

The idea that there would be a final one is ludicrous. We have names for numbers greater than the amount of quarks in the whole universe.

kilo- = 1000
mega- = 1,000,000 (1.000.000 for you Euros)

I prefer the space as thousand separator, personally. 1 000 000. And I think that if you're going to use both periods and commas in numbers, then you should use the period for thousand separators and comma for the decimal separator. 100.000.000,000.000.001 looks more logical and balanced to me than 100,000,000.000,000,001. Not that it really matters anyway, it's mostly aesthetic preference; but I find it easier to instantly see where the comma is in a sea of dots than to find the period in a swarm of commas.

 

[Darklone]

So are kilonazis abbreviated kN, kNz, or k followed by a swastika?

If you kill a thousand nazis, is that a meganazi? How evil do you have to be to rate a giganazi?

If you kill a thousand nazis, that's a kiloClark. Awful Good.

 

[MerricB]

The idea that there would be a final one is ludicrous. We have names for numbers greater than the amount of quarks in the whole universe.

Interestingly, you need those numbers when discussion *relationships* between those quarks.

Cheers!

 

[Huw]

If you kill a thousand nazis, that's a kiloClark. Awful Good.

Surely that should be a kiloJones?

I've been working on the "Gibson", the unit of theatrical anachronism. One Gibson is quite potent - the average anachronism level spread over any four Mel Gibson "historicals". Here are some examples:

1 milliGibson: well-researched historical drama.
10 milliGibsons: lightweight historical adventure. Clothing, accents and attitudes might be slightly off (e.g. a typical western).
100 milliGibsons: blatant anachronisms appear, such as out-of-place technology and characters, but events and historical characters are more or less accurate (e.g. a typical Robin Hood film).
1 Gibson: major historical characters are changed, as are entire cultures. You are not sure what century the film is set in (e.g. 300, as well as a typical Mel Gibson film).
10 Gibsons: Tenuous grasp on real history. Major historical events are changed. You are not sure what millenium it is set in (e.g. Gladiator, a typical Sinbad film).
100 Gibsons: History is seen as just another source of ideas. Might as well be set in a parallel universe (e.g. Scorpion King).

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Better watch out for the googolnazi, then, eh?

 

[Asmor]

Did you know that "jolie" is French for "pretty"? (More precisely, the feminine form of the adjective; the masculine form being "joli" without the 'e'.)

I did not, thanks!

I prefer the space as thousand separator, personally. 1 000 000. And I think that if you're going to use both periods and commas in numbers, then you should use the period for thousand separators and comma for the decimal separator. 100.000.000,000.000.001 looks more logical and balanced to me than 100,000,000.000,000,001. Not that it really matters anyway, it's mostly aesthetic preference; but I find it easier to instantly see where the comma is in a sea of dots than to find the period in a swarm of commas.

But realistically, how often do you come across a number with large amounts of digits on both sides of the decimal point? If you're dealing with numbers in the trillions, a trillionth isn't that salient.

Actually, for that matter, if you're dealing with numbers greater than a million you're probably better off using scientific notation in the first place.

 

[blargney the second]

I wonder if the title of the comic refers to its first panel...