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what is the largest number you can think of?
i cannot think of anythng more awesome than MIT’s large number championship.
(an astute reader notes that this may not even be the first time that MIT has hosted a largest number contest. that same reader also points to this guide to winning some large number contests.)
UPDATE: rayo won. (HT: TAR.)
as mentioned in the about section, michael docherty came up with the clever phrase ‘go grue’. however, he was very silly in suggesting that the graphic displaying that slogan should be gradient from blue to green. come on, michael, we all know grue is time-sensitive; it just looks blue because you have seen it after the year 2000.
today lina jansson came up with an equally clever suggestion. in addition to making so-called blue ‘go grue’ shirts, we should make vintage ‘go grue’ shirts… in so-called green! these pre-washed, ragged shirts are also grue, but they were first seen before the year 2000. we’ll merchandise the hell out of this concept.
on that note, i think the typography is very bad on the prototype ‘go grue’ graphic i’ve made. if anyone could identify the typeface used in ‘go blue‘ and ‘michigan‘, that would be greatly appreciated. the distinctive M should really be easy, but i am not very competent, nor is whatthefont. so, some trained human eyes would be helpful.
edit: for the record, i am currently using college (but manually kerned) for ‘go grue’ and verdana for ‘michigan’.
“So much then for the voluntary movements of animal bodies… These bodies, however, display in certain members involuntary movements too… By involuntary I mean motions of the heart and of the penis; for often upon an image arising and without express mandate of the intellect these parts are moved.” – Aristotle (Movements of Animals XI; revised Oxford translation, 1095)
