A billion in perspective

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases: A billion seconds ago it was 1959. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.    -Gel ;-P

a billion e-mails ago the first post in the 'Political Thoughts' thread appeared... :D charlie   A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising   agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of   its releases:   A billion seconds ago it was 1959.   A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive   A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.   A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate   Washington spends it.   -Gel   ;-P