What Does a Trillion Dollars Look like?

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What Does a Trillion Dollars Look like?

Post by the acid never lies » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:42 pm

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What does one TRILLION dollars look like?


All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

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A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

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Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

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While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

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And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...

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Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

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Ladies and gentlemen, I give you $1 TRILLION DOLLARS

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Post by ahier » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:46 pm

but, more likely than that, itll look like a figure on a screen.

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Post by the acid never lies » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:47 pm

Ahier wrote:but, more likely than that, itll look like a figure on a screen.
yeah... well...







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Post by bandshell » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:48 pm

Ahier wrote:but, more likely than that, itll look like a figure on a screen.
someone always has to shit in the birthday cake.

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Post by ls12 » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:56 pm

:lol:

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Post by unfold » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:57 pm

that reminded me of this :arrow:

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mmmmm facts!
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Post by the acid never lies » Tue Sep 15, 2009 1:59 pm

I like facts when they look pretty

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Post by ahier » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:06 pm

not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


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Post by bandshell » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:08 pm

Ahier wrote:not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


:baby:
bet you got a hard on from that.

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Post by unfold » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:10 pm

Ahier wrote:not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


:baby:
did you not hear the news?
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Post by ahier » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:22 pm

bandshell wrote:
Ahier wrote:not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


:baby:
bet you got a hard on from that.
nah i have erectile dysfunction, thats why i have to be a twat on the internet

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Post by wormcode » Tue Sep 15, 2009 2:30 pm

Wow, that million almost looks worthless. Of course I wouldn't mind it though..
Makes me think of:

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Post by the acid never lies » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:01 pm

unfold wrote:
Ahier wrote:not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


:baby:
did you not hear the news?
you broked my internet! :lol:

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Post by rubixdub » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:04 pm

I could fit that in my pocket easy.
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Post by Ham » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:08 pm

Thats fuckin cooooool!


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Post by leftdub » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:00 pm

baz1manor wrote:Recently found out that "Billion" in the UK was different to a Billion in the States, now that is pretty fucked up.



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Post by collige » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:11 pm

baz1manor wrote:Recently found out that "Billion" in the UK was different to a Billion in the States, now that is pretty fucked up.



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Post by bass hertz » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:50 pm

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that one seems proportionally wrong to the other ones.

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Post by bandshell » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:53 pm

Ahier wrote:
bandshell wrote:
Ahier wrote:not to shit in the cake FOR A SECOND TIME, but surely the internet facts change because there is more and more data being added to the internet all the time, meaning the printed version would keep getting longer and longer?


:baby:
bet you got a hard on from that.
nah i have erectile dysfunction, thats why i have to be a twat on the internet
:lol:

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