tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13012039.post6524064263752902822..comments2024-03-28T03:15:54.134-07:00Comments on Luke 10:27: JUST WONDERING: How much is 700 billion?Beth Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00080711997032932991noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13012039.post-24882901522516377372008-09-27T13:46:00.000-07:002008-09-27T13:46:00.000-07:00For the pedants, it's actually about 22,181 years ...For the pedants, it's actually about 22,181 years before Christ walked the earth, counting leap years (i.e. using a divisor of 365.25).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13012039.post-48097070606446932972008-09-25T20:25:00.000-07:002008-09-25T20:25:00.000-07:00My estimation: As I write this on Thursday evening...My estimation: As I write this on Thursday evening,<BR/>a million seconds ago was 11 1/2 days ago - Sept. 13<BR/>a billion seconds go was January 1977. Jimmy Carter was about to be inaugurated if I recall correctly.<BR/>700 billion seconds ago was roughly 20189 years before Christ walked the earth.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11401283628210533598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13012039.post-49143493883763606472008-09-25T10:03:00.000-07:002008-09-25T10:03:00.000-07:00I have to ask where the figures came from to calcu...I have to ask where the figures came from to calculate "A tightly-packed stack of new $1,000 bills totaling $1 billion would be 63 miles high"?<BR/><BR/>$1 billion = 1,000,000,000 <BR/>Divided by $1,000 = 1,000,000 or <BR/>1 million so this means you'd have 1 million $1,000 dollar bills. By my measurement, a bill is .004 to .005 of an inch thick (4 or 5 one thousandths of an inch) depending on wear. For sake of arguement lets say they are .005 thick and they are nice neat fresh bills that will stack together with no additional space inbetween - so two bills would be .010 of an inch, three bills .015 of an inch and so on.... 1,000,000 bills times .005 of an inch thick equals 5,000 inches. 5,000 inches divided by 12 inches per foot means there would be a stack of $1,000 bills 416 2/3 feet high. To convert to miles you'd have to divide by 5280 feet in a mile so you'd actually have a stack of $1,000 dollar bills that reached 0.0789 miles. Now to take it one step further - if you wanted to see how high 700 billion in $1,000bills would reach, take the above number and multiply by 700 and the stack would now reach almost 55 1/4 miles high. To determine how high a stack of crisp $1 bills would reach then multiply this number by 1000 and the stack now reaches 55,240 miles. I have to make one disclaimer - I've never seen a $1,000 bill. I can only assume they measure the same (made out of the same material) as a $1, 10$ or a $100 bill. They would have to be considerablly thicker to meet the statement made of 63 miles high.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com