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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by wodenokoto on Wednesday January 31, 2024 @11:55PM (#39212841)
> "15,000,000,000.00 in" and "that the size of a page is 15 billion inches", but it should be 15 million.

Can you help me count zeroes? Why is it million and not billion?

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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by jetrink on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:20AM (#39212943)
The numerical and word versions are equal, but they're both wrong. 15 billion inches is to the distance from the Earth to the Moon.
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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by croes on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:22AM (#39212949)
>If we crank it all the way up to the maximum of UserUnit 75000, Acrobat now reports the size of our page as 15,000,000,000.00 x 15,000,000,000.00 in – 381 km along both sides, matching the original claim. If you’re curious, you can download the PDF.

15 billion inches are 381,000km. The original claim is the limit is 15 million inches.

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Re:Making a PDF that's larger than Germany by mrb on Thursday February 01, 2024 @12:48AM (#39213070)
He put too many zeroes. It should be "15,000,000.00 in" or 15 million.
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