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WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 12:21 AM
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Here is another one that I am passing along- Enjoy! It sure made me laugh a bit.
Subject: WHATSA BILLION?
The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the "politicians" 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 some 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 the earth on two feet.
e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans - It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division ............
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
Interesting number, what does it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.00.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.00
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.00.
Washington, D.C. !!!...........................Are all your calculators broken????
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Re: WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 12:50 AM
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Very interesting and intriguing... but there are more than just *residents* in New Orleans: what about all the businesses (bars/restaurants/shops/stores), schools, colleges, corporations, hospitals, social agencies, charities, local government departments, etc, let alone roads and transportation? And beaches and levies? Hmm?
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Re: WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 01:55 PM
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Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
Wait a sec... In English, a billion is 1000 times a million, right? No. A billion is the same as 1,000 million.
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Re: WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 04:19 PM
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Enzo reminds me of a good point... A "billion" = 10 to the 9th power (one thousand million) in most English-speaking countries while others, including until recently in the UK even, a "billion" = 10 to the 12th power (a million million) Read this for an explanation of this confusion. The use of "billion" in the trivia above is apparently a thousand million. There are more examples on that link...
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 04:47 PM
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Originally posted by SC:
[quote]Originally posted by Enzo Scifo:
[b] Wait a sec... In English, a billion is 1000 times a million, right? No. A billion is the same as 1,000 million. [/b][/quote]Wait... SC... that's still 1,000 times one million. 1,000 x 1,000,000 = 1,000,000,000 :p I think, maybe it just confused you because he spelt the numbers out? I don't know.
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Re: WHATSA BILLION?
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03/06/06 06:55 PM
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Originally posted by J Geoff:
A "billion" = 10 to the 9th power (one thousand million) in most English-speaking countries while others, including until recently in the UK even, a "billion" = 10 to the 12th power (a million million) Yeah, in America they count like million, billion, trillion, ... and in Europe they count million, milliard, billion, trillion, ... Brings confusion sometimes.
See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.
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