Find any place on the planet without an address

T18skyguy wrote:

Tyler0215 wrote:
Are there trillions of three word combinations?
I'll take "You are here."

That's what surprised me. Who'd a thunk that you could map little sections of the entire world with only 3 words. But I guess the dictionary is proof. I googled how many words in the Oxford dictionary and they came back with 470,000. Maybe one of our math majors can figure that out for us.

So the answer is 470,000 words taken three at a time = 470,000 X 469,999 X 469,998, or roughly 104 billion billion combinations. That ought to cover a measly trillion!

Tyler0215 wrote:
Are there trillions of three word combinations?
I'll take "You are here."

That's what surprised me. Who'd a thunk that you could map little sections of the entire world with only 3 words. But I guess the dictionary is proof. I googled how many words in the Oxford dictionary and they came back with 470,000. Maybe one of our math majors can figure that out for us.

good grief !

Dude, get outside in the fresh air. You're getting stagnant ;) ;)

Are there trillions of three word combinations?
I'll take "You are here."

I think this is pretty interesting.
We're becoming a society that can't find their way home if they're more than 10 miles away and their GPS quits working.
A lot of people today can't read a map and depend 100% on their GPS.
And, many have no idea where they are when in a new area. All they see is a house # but don't know the name of the street or town.


Something like this could be the address system of the future or, it could be a passing novelty.
It may work well for 911 responders?

Ford struck out with the Edsel. A few years later they tried again with the Mustang. The rest is history.
If they put this on smart phones it may take off, quickly.

Or, it could be another Yugo.
I'm guessing what3words will be popular.

this will take off just like Esperanto did.