10000 (number)
Ten thousand (10000) is the natural number following 9999 and preceding 10001.
In other fields
- In art,
- Kaliber10000 { The Designers' Lunchbox ™ } is a web design portal. The goal of the site has always been to give people a creative breathing space free from any corporate constraints, a place where they can find inspiration and, through user participation, inspire others as well. Sponsored by Cuban Council http://www.k10k.net/
- Xenophon, on his Retreat with the "Ten Thousand", first seeing the Sea, painting by Benjamin Haydon
- In anime, Mu Epsilon Kappa: 10,000 Animeniacs is a Japanese animation fan club at Texas Tech University. http://www.orgs.ttu.edu/muepsilonkappa
- In computer software,
- Powers of Ten Thousand is a technique for browsing a very large space, the macroscope, involves taking the visual device of Powers of Ten and compounding it, using the computer's ability to combine, change and display images interactively. http://lieber.www.media.mit.edu/people/lieber/Lieberary/Macroscope/Powers/Powers.html ACM
- the Year 10,000 problem is the collective name for all potential software bugs that will emerge as the need to express years with five digits arises.
- In currency,
- the new 10,000 Iraqi dinar banknote has Abu Ali Hasan Ibn al-Haitham (known as Alhazen to medieval scholars in the West) on the front and Hadba Minaret on the back. http://www.iraqi-dinar.com/dinar-currency.php The old bill had a picture of Saddam Hussein and Samarra: Spiral Minaret- Al-Mawiya http://www.iraqsales.com/10%2C000.htm
- the Japanese 10,000 yen banknote has a portrait of Fukuzawa Yukichi
- the U.S. Ten Thousand Dollar Note bill has a picture of Andrew Jackson or Salmon P. Chase. http://www.currencygallery.org/denoms/10000dollar.htm
- In films,
- 10,000 Black Men Named George 2002 (TV) Overview from IMDb
- 10,000 Bullets reviews films that most review sites overlook. http://www.10kbullets.com
- The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1956) Overview from IMDb
- Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War (1980) (mini) Overview from IMDb
- In finance, on March 29, 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 10,006.78 which was the first time the index closed above the 10,000 mark.
- In futurology, from Visions of the Future: The 10,000-Year Library by Stewart Brand. Much of the information of the past--as well as the present--is endangered or lost forever. Underground rock vaults, "time mail," and a museum built around a 10,000 year clock are some of the ideas for assuring that vital information survives future crashes of civilizations. http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0158.html
- In games,
- each of the nine Mahjong character suit tiles (1 to 9) represents ten thousand (wan) coins, or one hundred strings of one hundred coins.
- Ten Thousand Year Ko is a one of the rules of ko in the board game of Go http://senseis.xmp.net/?TenThousandYearKo
- In game shows, The $10,000 Pyramid ran on television from 1973 to 1974
- In handicrafts, Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit program which provides vital, fair income to Third World people by marketing their handicrafts and telling their stories in North America. http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/
- In history,
- Army of 10,000 Sixty Day Troops, 1862-1863. American Civil War http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/army_of_10k.htm
- The Army of the Ten Thousand were a group of Ancient Greek mercenaries who marched against the Persian Shah Artaxerxes II
- The Goddess can appear as the "Lady of the Ten Thousand Names", as did Isis who was called Isis of Ten Thousand Names
- Katyn Massacre - "The Lost 10,000" by Louis FitzGibbon from The Journal of Historical Review - the killing of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviets in 1940.
- The Ten Thousand Martyrs from The Catholic Encyclopedia
- the Persian Immortals were also called the Ten Thousand or 10,000 Immortals, so named because their number of 10,000 was immediately reestablished after every loss.
- The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam by Michael MacLear ISBN 0312790945 also alternate titles The ten thousand day war : Vietnam, 1945-1975 (10,000 days is 27.4 years)
- Tomb of Ten Thousand Soldiers - defeat of the Tang Dynasty army of China in the Nanzhao kingdom in 751
- In language,
- the Chinese, Japanese, and Korean phrase "live for ten thousand years" was used to bless emperors in East Asia.
- Myriad is a classical Greek and English name for the number 104 = 10,000, or a group of 10 000 people, etc. Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese and Korean have words with the same classic meaning.
- In law, Section 9-10.000 of the United States Attorneys' Manual deals with capital crime http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/10mcrm.htm
- In literature,
- Manyoshu (万葉集 Man'yōshū, "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves") is the oldest existing, and most highly revered, collection of Japanese poetry
- Ten Thousand a Year 1839 by Samuel Warren
- Ten Thousand a Year 1883?. A Drama, in Three Acts. Adapted from the celebrated novel of the same name, by the author of the "Diary of a Physician," and arranged for the stage, by Richard Brinsley Peake http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=eprosed-P3.0504
- Ten Thousand Monkeys is a web publisher - "10,000 monkeys at 10,000 typewriters banging out the best in short fiction." http://m10k.net/
- The Ten Thousand: A Novel Of Ancient Greece by Michael Curtis Ford. 2001. ISBN 0312269463 Historic fiction.
- The World of the Ten Thousand Things: Poems 1980-1990 by Charles Wright ISBN 0374292930 ISBN 0374523266
- In museum, The Museum of 10,000 Wonderful Things is in London http://www.10000wonderfulthings.org
- In music,
- 10,000 Charms album by Robbie Seay Band http://www.robbieseayband.com/
- 10,000 Hz Legend album by Air 2001
- 10,000 Maniacs is a US rock band.
- 10,000 Men is a song by Bob Dylan http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/10000.html
- Ten Thousand Men of Harvard and Harvardiana is a fight song of Harvard University
- 10,000 Miles Away rock song by Mötley Crüe http://www.lyricsdownload.com/motley-crue-10000-miles-away-lyrics.html
- 10,000 promises is a song by the Backstreet Boys http://backstreet-boys.lyrics-songs.com/lyrics/2789/
- 10,000 Promises. is a Japanese popular music group
- 10,000 Things is a band in the United Kingdom http://www.10000things.tv/
- 10,000 Lakes Festival is a music and camping festival in Minnesota. http://www.10000lakesfestival.com
- In philosophy, Lao Zi writes about "ten thousand things" in the Tao Te Ching In Zen Buddhism, the "10,000 Things" is a term meaning all of phenomenal reality. http://www.nokama.com/tao/index.cfm?fuseaction=chapter&ch=34
- In physical fitness, 10,000 Steps Program is a walking exercise and health program. Walking 10,000 steps is the approximate equivalent of walking 5 miles. http://www.shapeup.org/10000steps.html
- In psychology, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical, by Miller, Gustavus Hindman (1857-1929). Project Gutenberg download
- In regional planning, 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania is an alliance of organizations and individuals committed to promoting land use policies and actions that will enable Pennsylvania to strengthen its diverse urban, suburban, and rural communities and reduce sprawl.
- In religion,
- the Bible,
- has 41 references to "ten thousand" in a search plus 11 more for "ten thousands" in another search for a total of 52 references in the King James Version at http://bible.gospelcom.net/
- 10,000 Prophets includes quote from Jude 1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,... The Epistle of Jude
- Revelation 5:11 "And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;" (KJV) The Apocalypse of John
- Buddhism,
- The City of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a branch of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (DRBA). http://www.drba.org
- Temple of 10,000 Buddhas or Monastery of 10,000 Buddhas is in Hong Kong http://www.west-meet-east.com/travelhkntis.htm http://www.edwebproject.org/hongkong04/10kbuddhas.html
- hymn, Ten thousand times ten thousand http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/t/e/tenttent.htm
- "Ten thousand ages in Thy sight/Are like an evening gone"
- In sports,
- In athletics, 10,000 metres, 10 kilometres, 10 km, or 10K (6.2 miles) is the final standard track event in a long-distance track event and a distance in other racing events such as running, cycling, and skiing. Example: Statesman Capitol 10,000
- in bicycle racing, annual Tour of 10,000 Lakes Stage Race in Minneapolis, Minnesota http://www.tourof10000lakes.net
- Unclassified
- P10K or Palestine 10,000 Mobilise 10,000 Western Citizens (the P10K Force) to the occupied territories of Palestine. Effect a Guaranteed Ceasefire by the Militant Palestinian Resistance. Respectfully occupy Palestine in accordance with International Law. Intelligently... http://www.p10k.net/
- Others
- In the TheForce.Net Forums, achieving 10,000 Posts makes you a god and elite user of that board. Hitting this special number will make you idolized and respected in the JC World.
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