hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (Jerry Hollombe) (11/22/84)
Ironically, it was Johnny Carson who gave the best demonstration of the concept of "billion" I've heard. He read an article that someone had written that explained how long ago 1 billion seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, and dollars were by giving relevant events in history. After hearing all the others, the horrifying one is dollars. 1 billion dollars is 10.5 hours ago for the Federal government. That's how long it takes them to spend that much (... pop goes the weasle. (-: ). -- The Polymath (Jerry Hollombe) Opinions expressed here are my own and Transaction Technology, Inc. unrelated to anyone else's whether living, 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. dead, or imaginary. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111, ext. 2483 {garfield,lasspvax,linus,cmcl2,seismo}!philabs!ttidca!ttidcc!hollombe
ccb@decvax.UUCP (Charles C. Bennett) (11/24/84)
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eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya) (11/30/84)
Interesting discussion, nanosagans, millisagans. I have forwarded this letter to Carl. I know he will get a good laugh out of this. I will post a response from him if I get one. --eugene miya NASA Ames Res. Ctr. {hplabs,ihnp4,dual,hao,vortex}!ames!aurora!eugene emiya@ames-vmsb.ARPA