tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post6990375921687151045..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: CricketM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-25858427716482205142010-09-02T01:13:20.947+01:002010-09-02T01:13:20.947+01:00The founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin...The founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, apparently mispelled "googol" - a term coined by Edward Kasner. It is a 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. It was suggested to him by his nine-year-old nephew!Peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-64295439713087666692010-08-30T14:53:53.817+01:002010-08-30T14:53:53.817+01:00At Lords, Dogberry? That definitely should've ...At Lords, Dogberry? That definitely should've made the papers - it's positively Australian. <br /><br />Cricket even made the intro to the leader's debate during our recent (as yet unresolved) election: "Now the Opposition Leader won the coin toss and decided to send Julia Gillard in to bat first."<br /><br />The term googly has been around since 1903 or 1904, I think, so perhaps google was an early verb form? Harold Pinter used it in <i>No Man's Land</i> in 1975: "Tell me with what speed she swung in the air, with what velocity she came off the wicket, whether she was responsive to finger spin, whether you could bowl a shooter with her, or an offbreak with a legbreak action. In other words, did she google?"<br /><br />Liked his cricket, Harold. Among other things.The Antipodean, apparently still fond enough of cricket to enjoy this post,noreply@blogger.com