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| All over but the Crying |
 09/20/05 2:58pm
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Second Lieutenant  Group: Forum Member Posts: 273 Joined: August 24th 2002 From: Tallahassee, Florida Member No.: 34  |
A Billion.........
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion," casually, think about whether you want the politician spending your tax money. A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases. a.. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. b.. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. c.. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. d.. A billion days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth. e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government spends it. --------------------  |
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| Too Exclusive |
09/20/05 6:23pm
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Major Group: Forum Member Posts: 574 Joined: February 14th 2005 Member No.: 1068 |
QUOTE(All over but the Crying @ 09/20/05 3:58pm)  a.. A billion seconds ago it was 1959. wrong, it was 1974 QUOTE(All over but the Crying @ 09/20/05 3:58pm) b.. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive. that one isn't quite accurate either, a billion minutes would put u in the year 102 AD. QUOTE(All over but the Crying @ 09/20/05 3:58pm) c.. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. well i dunno when the stone age was, but that would put us in the year 112,150 BC so that would prolly be the stone age  QUOTE(All over but the Crying @ 09/20/05 3:58pm) d.. A billion days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth. that would put us 2,737,721 BC... dunno if things walked back then or not. good analogies tho. |
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| All over but the Crying |
09/20/05 8:07pm
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Second Lieutenant Group: Forum Member Posts: 273 Joined: August 24th 2002 From: Tallahassee, Florida Member No.: 34 |
dude
I just passed this on. Thanks for having no life and actually taking the time to check those stats. -------------------- |
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| DirtyHarry |
09/20/05 8:56pm
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 Major Group: Forum Member Posts: 795 Joined: February 26th 2005 Member No.: 1089 |
lol
-------------------- John 3:16 For God so loved the world he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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| Maj. H8Red |
09/21/05 1:57am
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 Major General Group: Banned Posts: 2922 Joined: July 13th 2005 From: Hockey Town Member No.: 1247 Xfire: majorh8red |
LMAO
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| TheGhost |
09/21/05 5:38am
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 Colonel Group: Banned Posts: 1208 Joined: April 12th 2005 From: Brockton, Massachusetts Member No.: 1138 Xfire: theghost921 |
TE=0wn3d
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| Slimshady |
09/21/05 12:56pm
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 Colonel  Group: {MOB} Posts: 1401 Joined: December 28th 2004 Member No.: 1005 Xfire: slimshady200 |
ahahaahah that was awesome
This post has been edited by Slimshady: 09/21/05 12:57pm --------------------  Sig by Pezking. |
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| Too Exclusive |
09/21/05 1:49pm
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Major Group: Forum Member Posts: 574 Joined: February 14th 2005 Member No.: 1068 |
your welcome, it only took 2 minutes wit my calculator
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| |$aucy| |
09/21/05 1:58pm
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 Major General Group: {MOB} Posts: 3057 Joined: September 11th 2004 From: New York Member No.: 896 Xfire: bradd |
Retard O' Meter:
^ |----------Too Exclusive | |----Solid | | |--------Everyone else | | --------------------  {MOB}... Often Imitated, NEVER duplicated |
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| Druid |
09/22/05 12:53am
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Major General Group: Forum Member Posts: 3453 Joined: July 31st 2002 Member No.: 16 Xfire: mobdruid |
QUOTE(Too Exclusive @ 09/20/05 5:23pm) QUOTE(All over but the Crying @ 09/20/05 3:58pm) c.. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. well i dunno when the stone age was, but that would put us in the year 112,150 BC so that would prolly be the stone age I'll do you one better. The stone age isn't set, it's different for different parts of the world. All depends on when the inhabitants moved to metalworking and the bronze age. Or even better... It really only applies to a European timetable. I would have to agree with TE on this one. How ever originally wrote that should of got the numbers right. Especially for something as near as what year it was a billion seconds ago. -------------------- Not a word was spoken to contradict or disagree with S@bot when he called me a....
bully, dictator, snide, hypocrite, arrogant, smartass and lets not forget, according to him the way I act is reprehensible. Yet, you're going to censor my signature because it's inappropriate and might hurt his little feelings??? Sorry. don't think so QUOTE Druid had my admiration and even though he has always come across as an arrogant, snide and very many times a smartass in posts and pm's S@bot aka Little Silver |
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| All over but the Crying |
09/22/05 5:27am
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Second Lieutenant Group: Forum Member Posts: 273 Joined: August 24th 2002 From: Tallahassee, Florida Member No.: 34 |
maybe it was written 15 years ago. The point is that a billion is a big number for us to really comprehend.
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| Bargod |
09/22/05 9:33am
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 The Bargod Group: {MOB} Posts: 5008 Joined: March 4th 2004 From: Dallas Member No.: 641 Xfire: bargod |
A billion grains of sand is 1 cubic yard. Our galaxy has approximtely 400 billion stars in it. That means that if a grain of sand is a star it would take 4 cubic feet of sand to make just our galaxy alone. The Hubble space telescope is can make out an estimated 80 billion galaxies (a very small percentage of the Universe).
Perspective is relative. --------------------   |
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| Druid |
09/23/05 12:00am
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Major General Group: Forum Member Posts: 3453 Joined: July 31st 2002 Member No.: 16 Xfire: mobdruid |
or my all time favorite
Carl Sagan from his Cosmos show Billions and Billions of stars. They are going to re-air the entire Cosmos series starting next week. -------------------- Not a word was spoken to contradict or disagree with S@bot when he called me a....
bully, dictator, snide, hypocrite, arrogant, smartass and lets not forget, according to him the way I act is reprehensible. Yet, you're going to censor my signature because it's inappropriate and might hurt his little feelings??? Sorry. don't think so QUOTE Druid had my admiration and even though he has always come across as an arrogant, snide and very many times a smartass in posts and pm's S@bot aka Little Silver |
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| Bargod |
09/23/05 4:33am
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The Bargod Group: {MOB} Posts: 5008 Joined: March 4th 2004 From: Dallas Member No.: 641 Xfire: bargod |
QUOTE(Druid @ 09/23/05 12:00am) or my all time favorite Carl Sagan from his Cosmos show Billions and Billions of stars. They are going to re-air the entire Cosmos series starting next week. Oh crap, my wife and I already argue over who is the biggest geek in the family. She can't go without watching History Detectives. Now I've got Cosmos back!?!?! Ahhh shit... Look Out! -------------------- |
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| All over but the Crying |
09/23/05 6:49am
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Second Lieutenant Group: Forum Member Posts: 273 Joined: August 24th 2002 From: Tallahassee, Florida Member No.: 34 |
QUOTE(Bargod @ 09/23/05 9:33am) QUOTE(Druid @ 09/23/05 12:00am) or my all time favorite Carl Sagan from his Cosmos show Billions and Billions of stars. They are going to re-air the entire Cosmos series starting next week. Oh crap, my wife and I already argue over who is the biggest geek in the family. She can't go without watching History Detectives. Now I've got Cosmos back!?!?! Ahhh shit... Look Out! Is that something you win or lose?  -------------------- |
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