Friday Night at Eight: Perspective

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    • Robyn on September 12, 2009 at 02:13

    …which I could have?

    ,->

    • jamess on September 12, 2009 at 02:40

    whirlwind journey!

    How much is a Billion anyways?

    for some context:

    60 seconds

    x 60 minutes = 3,600 seconds

    x 24 hours = 86,400 seconds

    x 365.24 days = 31,556,736 seconds

    x 100 years = 3,155,673,600 seconds  (3.1 Billion)

    And how many Seconds in the 14 Billion years of the Universe?

    x 14,000,000,000 years = 4.41794 E+17 seconds

    or

    441,794,000,000,000,000 seconds  (441.8 Quadrillion)

    Do you think the Fed is getting close to that yet, lol?

    whirlwind, indeed!

    • TMC on September 12, 2009 at 03:13

    The images that are coming from Hubble are some of the most magnificent images from the universe. It really makes me wonder if there really might be someone out there that is looking back. Thanks, budhy, you made my headache a little less.

  2. Im sure Ill be asleep but I hope to catch a replay.

    MoT’s essay about his AA radio spot here

    • Edger on September 12, 2009 at 04:05

    I’d have to say that it looks like there is lots of room out there in the universe for wingnuts.

    Why do we need them down here?

    • dkmich on September 12, 2009 at 14:28

    telescope.  I can do it with cars, too.  I sold my last car (which I loved); and when I saw it again, it was dirty, neglected and bashed up.  It made me want to cry.  I felt like I had abandoned it.  I felt the same way when they talked about abandoning the Hubble.  

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