A billion is a difficult number to comprehend. An advertising agency has done a good job of putting the figure into perspective. In a 1999 release, it stated:
? 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.
Now, 14 years on from 1991, a billion dollars may be down to less than 5 hours at the rate the Bush junta spends it.
One billion is different, in the U.S. it is one thousand million, in U.K. it is one hundard million? It is how ever a lot more than any of the people on these boards have.
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A billion is a difficult number to comprehend. An advertising agency has done a good job of putting the figure into perspective. In a 1999 release, it stated:
? 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.
Now, 14 years on from 1991, a billion dollars may be down to less than 5 hours at the rate the Bush junta spends it.