http://www.rough-equivalents.com/2008/04/landing-on-a-postage-stamp/ Making Numbers Fun Fri, 14 May 2010 03:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.rough-equivalents.com/2008/04/landing-on-a-postage-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Scott Mon, 26 May 2008 14:34:22 +0000 http://www.rough-equivalents.com/?p=12#comment-88 Back in 1980 or so, after another hike in postage rates, I made a graph of the historical price rises, then projected it (admittedly wildly and with quite a bit of mathematical license) into the future. I concluded that, in 2012, the price of a stamp could no longer be printed on a space the size of a stamp. Therefore, the world would end. Back in 1980 or so, after another hike in postage rates, I made a graph of the historical price rises, then projected it (admittedly wildly and with quite a bit of mathematical license) into the future. I concluded that, in 2012, the price of a stamp could no longer be printed on a space the size of a stamp. Therefore, the world would end.

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