What is a BILLION?
 

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I've often pondered that.

I mean... what does a billion grains of sand look like?
It's a BIG number that most people can't really grasp.


This came across my email this morning.






What is a BILLION??




This is too true to be funny

The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR tax money.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective in one of its releases.


A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.

C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??



Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment T ax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax, < BR>Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'

And I still have to 'press 1' for English.




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The new million thats what a billion is

I just sprayed a billion sperm out of my dong

1 billion bytes = 1 GB

...well depends on who you ask

1 billion smelly people = India

I've masturbated 1 billion times... :helpme

1 billion is 1 billion =)

cool!.............

While $250 billion USD might be somewhat excessive, simple division is just silly.

Rebuilding hospitals, libraries, schools, etc. costs money.

enough so I dont have to work ever again lol

1 billion is one thousand millions

In the world of computers, it's an open question ...

Hard Drive manufacturers typically designate 1 GB to simply equal 1,000,000,000 bytes

RAM memory manufacturers typically designate 1 GB to equal 1,073,741,824 bytes

Programs often utilize both definitions above depending on the application, as well some others, such as 1 GB = 1,024,000,000 (1024 x 1,000,000 instead of 1,048,576) or the converse 1048576000(1000 x 1,048,576).

So to recap, in the world of computers a billion can be, though not necessarily limited to, any of the following:

1,000,000,000
1,073,741,824
1,024,000,000
1,048,576,000

Ron

And I still have to 'press 1' for English. :1orglaugh:thumbsup

God I wish I had a billion dollars.... that would be so nice

I guess you think that this $250billions are going to be given to the families directly, huh?

And not used to build streets, bridges, schools, etc.

:helpme

One BILLION transactions going through Epoch!

Is that for real?

LOL good find, gonna have to bookmark this thread and read it everyday

if 1 billion is a thousand millions 1,000,000,000

how would you call this 1,000,000,000,000 ?

one million millions, a thousand billions, a trillion!?!. lol :)

I would call that 1/50th of the USA's debt, give or take a handfull.

I was expecting to see something like Epoch did its 1 billionth transaction or something, lol.
WG

It's the same thing when farmers get hit by hail and then claim 100 million in damages, while their whole farm is worth 1 million at most.

100 yrs ago there wasnt a middle class there was rich and poor. lol The middle class really didnt rise until after world war 2.

also why dont you think about what is almost a trillion.what W wasted in Iraq.

A billion is even more if you're British.... US billion being 1,000,000,000 (1 thousand million) and British billion being 1,000,000,000,000 (1 million million)

A billion here, and a billion there, and pretty soon you are talking about real money.

~Senator Everett Dirksen

a BILLION new features in NATS v4!

I was sure of this hehe, thanks for clearing it up for me. :thumbsup

I was having issues with my bank for my billion there you know! hehehe

It's weird that we use the british billion and the metric system. I'm in SouthAmerica BTW.

1 billions dollars wow! how i wish I have one!