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03-09-2009, 06:13 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. 
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. 
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. 
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet... 
And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere... 
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03-09-2009, 06:14 PM
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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...
Scroll down...
Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars... 
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
Source: http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
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03-09-2009, 06:16 PM
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#3 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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03-09-2009, 06:18 PM
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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet
money money makes the world go round !!!!
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03-09-2009, 06:51 PM
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#5 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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this makes me feel so poor really poor
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03-09-2009, 07:10 PM
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#6 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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it looks like a repost
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03-09-2009, 07:17 PM
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#7 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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shiiit O.o how come the $1 million pile seems so much smaller than i thought? >.<
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03-09-2009, 07:34 PM
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#8 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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I wonder how it would look like if you filled up bc place with a Trillion dollars.
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03-09-2009, 07:48 PM
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03-09-2009, 08:06 PM
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#10 | | MiX iT Up!
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but most of that trillion is made up of 1's and 0's !!
Electronic Credit FTW!!
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03-09-2009, 08:27 PM
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What does a repost look like?
this thread.
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03-09-2009, 09:38 PM
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#12 | | The RS Freebie guru
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What does ONE HUNDRED TRILLION dollars look like?
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03-09-2009, 10:09 PM
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Invisible Soul, where did you get that? The local Royal Bank?
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03-09-2009, 11:46 PM
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#14 | | The RS Freebie guru
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^^^ Nope... had to order it from overseas.
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03-10-2009, 01:57 AM
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#15 | | RS controls my life!
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lol the nerve of this guy
he literally took the info form the other post and made his
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03-10-2009, 06:39 AM
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#16 | | Fathered more RS members than anybody else. Who's your daddy?
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul  What does ONE HUNDRED TRILLION dollars look like?
Like this... | So that's what an African Inukshuk looks like? LOL
I wander what a hundred trillion Zimbabwe dollars gets you here. Still must be a lot.
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03-10-2009, 08:13 AM
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#17 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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03-10-2009, 10:14 AM
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#18 | | The RS Freebie guru
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Originally Posted by wddian | Oh, no no no... that was back on January 16th.
But with inflation there at 231,000,000%... this one hundred trillion dollar bill is now worth...
Wait for it...
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03-10-2009, 11:12 AM
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#19 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Someone should do the same thing but with pennies | |
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03-13-2009, 05:11 PM
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#20 | | Captain Happy Bubble is my Homeboy
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Originally Posted by nav44 lol the nerve of this guy
he literally took the info form the other post and made his | ownt
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03-13-2009, 11:43 PM
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#21 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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invisible soul thaats lke maaagic haha
$1.02
u rich bastard lol
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03-19-2009, 04:59 PM
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$1 million seems like nothing.
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03-19-2009, 05:39 PM
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#23 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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03-19-2009, 06:46 PM
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#24 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Stevie P | great video, the only English word i understand from his mouth is nigga and money
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03-19-2009, 07:20 PM
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its ok thats all u need to understand from that video anyway
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