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Link: Google is almost as good at math as I am…

399999999999999 - 399999999999998 is pretty simple, right?

Hey. At least they got it close :)

Addendum: they even messed up on their namesake: 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 - 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 (that’s a googol plus one, minus a googol)…

This article was posted 23 August 2008 by Justin Hileman, and is filed under links, WTF? and math. If you have any comments, please contact me or leave a comment on this article.

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My name is Justin and I make the Internet. I'm @bobthecow on Twitter. I'm also a co-founder of Presentate, which is 100% awesome.

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