WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2@sri-unix.UUCP (10/08/83)
From: William Daul - Tymshare Inc. Cupertino CA <WBD.TYM@OFFICE-2> According to a recent government publication ... A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president. A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ. A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth. A billion dollars ago was late yesterday at the U.S. Treasury.
SASW@MIT-MC@sri-unix.UUCP (10/14/83)
From: Steven A. Swernofsky <SASW @ MIT-MC>
Date: 7-Oct-83 17:53 PDT
From: William Daul - Tymshare Inc Cupertino CA <WBD.TYM at Office-2>
A billion seconds ago Harry Truman was president.
. . .
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday at the U.S. Treasury.
If 1 year = about 600 billion dollars = about 30 million seconds, then
1 second = 20,000 dollars. Using c (the speed of light) as a conversion
factor, $1 = 1/20 msec = about 15 kilometers.
It looks to me like a dollar goes farther than you think!
-- Stevecrandell@ut-sally.UUCP (Jim Crandell) (10/25/83)
I can't BELIEVE anyone saw fit to mention the speed of light and a
division of the U. S. Government in the same paragraph.
--
Jim ({ihnp4,kpno,ut-ngp}!ut-sally!crandell or crandell@ut-sally.UUCP)