Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: Okay, Let's do the math... Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:43:55 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 28 Message-ID: <6A2C6F8B.53AD@ix.netcom.com> References: <6A2ADC32.3659@ix.netcom.com> <87qzmc999c.fsf@sugarbit.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 20:43:53 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="2619287"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/1DyQv26b7FbvkPEJzkc9MTNqHIwNCGaw="; posting-host="b3aa71f729ab230ae61588b0d3e42671" Cancel-Lock: sha1:LUQ+bxYTmdXqtmVbbdyy8JicJ0U= sha256:/Exl+bvlvTO+n/MEO4l6YKhgts94cAslJXLhOHmbZRc= sha1:n/pZ67OjEleKAtvays74/h2DoXA= X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 260612-4, 06/12/2026), Outbound message Xref: csiph.com sci.math:645403 sci.physics.relativity:671192 sci.physics:896103 John Hasler wrote: > > The Starmaker wrote: > > A million seconds ago is about two weeks ago... > > when is a trillion seconds ago? > > A million seconds is 1.65 weeks. > > A billion seconds is 32 years. > > A trillion seconds is 32000 years. > > Using US definitions of "billion" and "trillion". > -- > John Hasler > john@sugarbit.com > Dancing Horse Hill > Elmwood, WI USA i was wondering what Elon trillion dollars looks like... So, if a second is here. and a million here.................................................................................and a trillion here, which dot is the billion? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.