10 years ago today, Adam received his lines. His lynz. The grand total is now exactly:

which is approximately 10 to the power of a 1040-digit number. And if he doesn’t do them by tomorrow, there’ll be more.

The number of lines weighs in at just under the value of a particular universal constant implicated in inflationary universe theories, and well under Skewes’ number, the next pure mathematical entry in the list. However, last year the XKCD blag dug up the lynz’ mad cousin, ¥, and in the comments it was proved that “the clarkkkkson” is seriously large. Considerably bigger than Graham’s number, the very last entry in the The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers. I’ve had a copy of that book for years and between trips to Rusholme’s curry mile and full-blown bouts of diarrhoea, I have probably read every entry. But it’s nothing compared to the internet’s own Notable Properties of Specific Numbers by Robert Munafo, who’s my kind of geek. He even emailed me last night to remind me it was the Lynz’ 10th anniversary. What a guy!

As for Adam, I’ve not exactly been in regular contact with him, but as of today, his latest Facebook status is “Adam is wasting time.” He’d better get started soon.