So my mind has been wandering while in the shower, and it just now dawned on me the reason why Notch called this 0x10^C.

The official story states that this is in an alternate universe, launched forward approximately 0x0001 0000 0000 0000 years into the future - a hexadecimal one followed by 12 hexadecimal zeroes.

Note the title - 0x10^C. C in hexadecimal is 12 in decimal. In decimal, 10 to the 12th is 1 followed by 12 zeroes... so it can't be too far off to think that 0x10 to the decimal 12th is a hexadecimal one followed by 12 hexadecimal zeroes... which is-- yeah, you get the idea.

The only reason I bring this up here is because I was wondering who else had noticed this. If I'm only talking out my butt and/or just reiterating common knowledge, feel free to down-vote. I'll take the hint to just shut my yapper on all of these shower-sourced theories.