Timeline of the far future

Re:Timeline of the far future by gee_totes on Sunday May 06, 2012 @06:41PM (#3936615)

Why are the events at the far end of the scale dated to pi^foo-power years?

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Re:Timeline of the far future by xnxn on Sunday May 06, 2012 @06:48PM (#3936647)

The pi symbol is an icon denoting that the event was determined by mathematical principles. It's not part of the "years from now" value. See the legend above the TOC.

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Re:Timeline of the far future by notJim on Sunday May 06, 2012 @08:30PM (#3936984)

Note that it's actually a symbol from the legend, not the base of the exponent. The base of all the exponents is 10.

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