Comments on: Billions and Billions http://www.rough-equivalents.com/2008/07/billions-and-billions/ Making Numbers Fun Fri, 14 May 2010 03:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chakolate http://www.rough-equivalents.com/2008/07/billions-and-billions/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Chakolate Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:07:01 +0000 http://www.rough-equivalents.com/?p=97#comment-113 I don't know about other equivalents, but Richard Feynman once said, "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers." The question doesn't seem to be how many things make up 100 billion, but how many hundred-billions it takes to pay off the national debt. Sorry, I have to go, I depressed myself. I don't know about other equivalents, but Richard Feynman once said, "There are 10^11 stars in the galaxy. That used to be a huge number. But it's only a hundred billion. It's less than the national deficit! We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we should call them economical numbers."

The question doesn't seem to be how many things make up 100 billion, but how many hundred-billions it takes to pay off the national debt.

Sorry, I have to go, I depressed myself.

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