Re: [Epic] Will it, won't it...

From: <KrazyLlama_at_...>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 18:09:52 EDT

J Andrew Evans wrote:
> What's the factorial of a hot potato?


OK, in order of the alphabet:

H = 8
O = 15 * 3 = 45
T = 20 * 3 = 60
P = 16
A = 1

8+45+60+16+1 = 130

130! = a number so damned big the calculator overflows. Calculating it by hand
is lunacy. Thus, never take the factorial of a hot potato.

Shervin
Received on Thu Oct 01 1998 - 22:09:52 UTC

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