27-11-2008, 06:34 PM
Might we see a quintillion in our lifetimes [as short as they sadly may be for some of us older folks - myself included]? The numbers are numbing.
Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000.
The country has not existed for a trillion seconds.
Western civilization has not been around a trillion seconds.
One trillion seconds ago – 31,688 years – Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.
7.7 Trillion...buys a lot of loaves of bread...and an equal number of Congresspersons and members of Parliment....etc.
Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000.
The country has not existed for a trillion seconds.
Western civilization has not been around a trillion seconds.
One trillion seconds ago – 31,688 years – Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.
7.7 Trillion...buys a lot of loaves of bread...and an equal number of Congresspersons and members of Parliment....etc.