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Originally posted by ewmayer
... and in all of human history there have been just slightly above a mole (6.23...X 10^23) of CPU-cycles.
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I know this doesn't alter the argument, but, just for the record, Avogadro's constant is actually reckoned to be 6.
02214199 x 10
23. See for example the National Physical Laboratory website's useful
PDF reference guide to fundamental physical constants and conversion factors.
I only point this out because if I don't, somebody else will (honest!).