Journal: Ever wonder if you're the first to notice something?

I was reading through the SEC Form S-1 filed by Google to state their intention to sell shares to the public.

I saw that the Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price is $2,718,281,828.

The number stuck in my craw a bit. Then I realized why.

It's a billion dollars times the mathematical constant e .

A little math joke by the Ph.Ds? :)