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This:

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

Thought that was interesting. Anyone else have any sources that put $1 trillion in perspective?

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3906/trilliondollarbillsimps.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trilliondollarbillsimps.jpg)

Enough to buy cuba, but watch out for castro or he may steal it on you.

Anyone else have any sources that put $1 trillion in perspective?


Zimbabwe.

should I upload a picture of my arse?

One hundredth of this:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1694/014422v.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3906/trilliondollarbillsimps.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=trilliondollarbillsimps.jpg)

And who would think, now, that someday it was a joke...


Or, rather, who could think these days that the government will someday, not so far away, actually throw money around in trillions.

One hundredth of this:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/1694/014422v.jpg

that's just sad...

Shit, they could just send every worker in America around $7,000 or so...I bet that would get the recession over with a hell of a lot faster than bailing out AIG and other failed banks. Personally speaking, I could buy a new laptop and a shit ton of cigarettes and alcohol with that kind of money.

Shit, they could just send every worker in America around $7,000 or so...I bet that would get the recession over with a hell of a lot faster than bailing out AIG and other failed banks. Personally speaking, I could buy a new laptop and a shit ton of cigarettes and alcohol with that kind of money.

It would only be about $3,500 actually.

Shit, they could just send every worker in America around $7,000 or so...I bet that would get the recession over with a hell of a lot faster than bailing out AIG and other failed banks. Personally speaking, I could buy a new laptop and a shit ton of cigarettes and alcohol with that kind of money.

Someone clearly doesn't understand what happens when everyone gets loads of money.

Someone clearly doesn't understand what happens when everyone gets loads of money.

In a Depression? They save. Although, to be fair, at least half the people who got the money wouldn't be that smart.:D

http://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp

Here's another bit of perspective.

*edit* and if you give me $7,000 I'll buy food, clothing, and shelter with a big chunk of it.

Someone clearly doesn't understand what happens when everyone gets loads of money.
So you disagree with getting money back from overpaying taxes?

It would only be about $3,500 actually.
Actually, no.

The trillion this package is around by now, if spread among the 150,000 American workers, would be $7,000 each. Remember, not everyone is a worker, babies, children and retirees aren't.

Someone clearly doesn't understand what happens when everyone gets loads of money.
Not when it's their own money.

If you want spending, do that.

It would only be about $3,500 actually.
who cares... I'll take any amount!!
Actually, no.

The trillion this package is around by now, if spread among the 150,000 American workers, would be $7,000 each. Remember, not everyone is a worker, babies, children and retirees aren't.
and are you counting those unemployed? ;)

Shit, they could just send every worker in America around $7,000 or so...I bet that would get the recession over with a hell of a lot faster than bailing out AIG and other failed banks. Personally speaking, I could buy a new laptop and a shit ton of cigarettes and alcohol with that kind of money.
I could get halfway to zero.

This:

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

Thought that was interesting. Anyone else have any sources that put $1 trillion in perspective?

Ahahaha, awesome man!

If you want spending, do that.

Let's see how that works in perspective:

1. If you want to spend a trillion dollars, at 1 million dollars a day, it would take you 1 million days, or about 2739 years.

2. If you want to spend it all in about.. 50 years.. you would need to spend roughly 55 million /day.
Have fun ;)

Note that we define trillion as 10^12 here.

...until they revalued it, this (http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~daphna/tom_homepage/five_dollars_front.jpg) was about 1.5 trillion dollars.... assuming we're referring to 1.5 trillion zimbabwe dollars. :Þ

what does $1 trillion look like?
$1,000,000,000,000

...until they revalued it, this (http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~daphna/tom_homepage/five_dollars_front.jpg) was about 1.5 trillion dollars.... assuming we're referring to 1.5 trillion zimbabwe dollars. :Þ

What hour of what day was that, exactly?

$1,000,000,000,000

No. That's a billion. A trillion looks more like this: $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Unless you're one of those weirdos who uses the eminently unfeasible "American" system. I bet half of those uncultured boors haven't even heard of a milliard. >:(

No. That's a billion. A trillion looks more like this: $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Unless you're one of those weirdos who uses the eminently unfeasible "American" system. I bet half of those uncultured boors haven't even heard of a milliard. >:(

A mallard?

http://animal.discovery.com/guides/wild-birds/gallery/mallard_duck.jpg

What hour of what day was that, exactly?

Late on October 28th, 2008. For reference, on october 28th the USD was 251 Billion ZWD, and on november 8th the USD was 663 Trillion ZWD. Yes, that means prices doubled EVERYDAY.

Unless you're one of those weirdos who uses the eminently unfeasible "American" system. I bet half of those uncultured boors haven't even heard of a milliard. >:(

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Millard_Fillmore.jpg

The only Millard I know.

Actually, no.

The trillion this package is around by now, if spread among the 150,000 American workers, would be $7,000 each. Remember, not everyone is a worker, babies, children and retirees aren't.

wow when did we get 90% unemployment ???

wow when did we get 90% unemployment ???

It was a pretty tough financial crisis.

It was a pretty tough financial crisis.

i think i am going back to sleep.

wow when did we get 90% unemployment ???

That's 99% unemployment, which is even worse.

And $1 trillion spread amongst those 150,000 workers would be $7,000,000 apiece, not $7,000.

That's 99% unemployment, which is even worse.

And $1 trillion spread amongst those 150,000 workers would be $7,000,000 apiece, not $7,000.

god i hope I am the 1% that's working when they spread that out.

god i hope I am the 1% that's working when they spread that out.

So do we all, Mister Death. So do we all.

god i hope I am the 1% that's working when they spread that out.
you sure you want that? Think about it: You might have 7 million dollars but you'd also have 150 million unemployed, poor, desperate, people surrounding you. What chance do you think you'd have in getting that cheque to the bank with body and soul intact?

you sure you want that? Think about it: You might have 7 million dollars but you'd also have 150 million unemployed, poor, desperate, people surrounding you. What chance do you think you'd have in getting that cheque to the bank with body and soul intact?

concealed carry licenses, and my 6 hand guns say I can.
not to mention i will act like i didn't get the check and deposit online using my scanner.

If they try to get in my home, my Ar-15 should keep them at bay.

If they try to get in my home, my Ar-15 should keep them at bay.

Spend that money on an M1A, FAL, or G3 if you want a chance against an unruly mob.

Spend that money on an M1A, FAL, or G3 if you want a chance against an unruly mob.

this is just what i have now. if i have the chance after getting millions i am going to have far more automatic weapons, me and my Teenage wives will not lose that money.

It looks like a bunch of ones and zeros stored on a super computer.

One trillion?

1000000000000

or

1110100011010100101001010001000000000000

or

16432451210000

or

E8D4A51000

E8D4A51000

Please tell me you used a firefox plugin or something similar to that in order to convert one trillion into that. :p

Please tell me you used a firefox plugin or something similar to that in order to convert one trillion into that. :p

you wish :)

good grief.. I'll take the grocery bag.

concealed carry licenses, and my 6 hand guns say I can.
not to mention i will act like i didn't get the check and deposit online using my scanner.

If they try to get in my home, my Ar-15 should keep them at bay.

plus you will leave the country


and you must be young or satirising

plus you will leave the country


and you must be young or satirising

no i was being completely off the wall. but when we talk about getting a check of 7 million dollars from the government that tends to happen.

No. That's a billion. A trillion looks more like this: $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Unless you're one of those weirdos who uses the eminently unfeasible "American" system. I bet half of those uncultured boors haven't even heard of a milliard. >:(

Yes well that is what they are talking about. Just like when peopl start chatting about a billion dollars when they actually mean a thousand million.

Yes well that is what they are talking about. Just like when peopl start chatting about a billion dollars when they actually mean a thousand million.

Bah. Take your illogical long system elsewhere. :soap:

and are you counting those unemployed? ;)
Those who became unemployed in the recession only.

The others, who were never employed, didn't earn anything before anyway.

Zooey Deschanel

No. That's a billion. A trillion looks more like this: $1,000,000,000,000,000,000.

Unless you're one of those weirdos who uses the eminently unfeasible "American" system. I bet half of those uncultured boors haven't even heard of a milliard. >:(

This one (http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/hungary/HungaryP137-1milliardBpengo-1946_f-donated.jpg) combines milliard and B. for non-US-billion, for a total of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 pengő, that's 1 trilliard world or 1 sextillion US.
So the world wins, as it can name much larger numbers. :D

a whole lot of pieces of paper, that by themselves would be nearly worthless.

sort of like very watered down soup.

basically it takes this many trillions to cover what mere millions did not more then a century ago. the lesson here is that money isn't wealth or value, but REPRESENTS wealth or value, so the more dollars you have chasing the same real value, basically you've just got paper.

i know about other nation's economies having a vested intrest in keeping the dominant one afloat, but even that isn't quite the simple absolute so often aluded to.