tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post1787146316022596328..comments2023-10-11T04:10:44.177-07:00Comments on MakeHellaOfficial: As Goes Google, So Goes the Nation...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post-19659460872650212942010-07-05T22:51:09.803-07:002010-07-05T22:51:09.803-07:00I saw in the news article about this that yotta an...I saw in the news article about this that yotta and zepto each have their corresponding ten-to-the-negative prefixes, but that you don't have a corresponding one for hella...The obvious candidate is hecka, right?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388720503386316138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post-1868185005365481532010-06-04T09:27:19.919-07:002010-06-04T09:27:19.919-07:00Thought I'd let you know you made it to WIRED ...Thought I'd let you know you made it to WIRED magazine: In Jargon Watch: "Hella; comb. form - A proposed metric prefix for 10^27, useful for describing megameasurements like Earth's mass (6 hellagrams). The International Committee for Weights and Measures agreed to consider it after a Facebook petition garnered 30,000 signatures." June 2010Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00964676704420813543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post-64329444953199398602010-05-29T20:13:29.534-07:002010-05-29T20:13:29.534-07:00I'm dismayed that your friends at Google forgo...I'm dismayed that your friends at Google forgot the hellasmoot, with the smoot being the east coast's great contribution to measurement. Such a unit has great potential to unify our divided nation...Dan Lauberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120731488381900869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post-29451931699639191842010-05-23T11:14:39.396-07:002010-05-23T11:14:39.396-07:00I understand your concern. That was a point that I...I understand your concern. That was a point that I seriously debated before sending in the design to the screen printer. At first, the shirt said "5,000 yottabytes? That's hellabytes.", but I got a bunch of responses from people who said they thought it should read "1,000" instead, just to be clear. It does sort of bug me too, since 1 hellabyte isn't considered "hellabytes," but I think the 1,000 yotta to 1 hella connection is made easiest when the shirt reads as it does. Thanks for your input, it's much appreciated.MakeHellaOfficialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02357913347955442669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4647829499192121892.post-33140062132341546182010-05-20T07:57:50.994-07:002010-05-20T07:57:50.994-07:00Nice. I wanted to buy a shirt to support the effor...Nice. I wanted to buy a shirt to support the effort and like the black one the best, but I think it has sort of a typo. "1,000 yottabytes? That's hellabytes." Well, no. Actually, as I understand it, it should read: "1,000 yottabytes? That's a hellabyte." We wouldn't say "1,000 meters? That's kilometers." It would be "1,000 meters? That's a kilometer." <br /><br />I know the shirt may be aiming at the colloquial "hella" here, but I think it's equally funny and more accurately conveys the proposal to say "a hellabyte."Residenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00737787096076845498noreply@blogger.com