Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Hasler Newsgroups: sci.math,sci.physics.relativity,sci.physics Subject: Re: Okay, Let's do the math... Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:17:51 -0500 Organization: Dancing Horse Hill Lines: 16 Message-ID: <87qzmc999c.fsf@sugarbit.com> References: <6A2ADC32.3659@ix.netcom.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:08:04 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; logging-data="1812581"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/zKlR/vPD6yHHIJZODa5sf2q1/r2Pr9/Q="; posting-host="7bb3d4e9ec60e46a0ad9ebfc2a863db6" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:jTzT7C2xDrt2AUMQhtvvntfblNU= sha1:1YqOl3AlTYM9/NS2DDF2WZnJm3U= sha256:q5knvNaQNDF34Bkk8cn/rAVO3eFqtiH+Cei14diL1vs= sha1:m8z3MOfPay0d4qJ38iQMpNZcMO0= Xref: csiph.com sci.math:645392 sci.physics.relativity:671182 sci.physics:896097 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