>I tutor math. 1 billion dollars is easy. If you put one Billion dollars in >a > cardboard box, and spend one million dollars a week, it will take 19.2 > years > to spend it. Think about that. > What do Bill gates or Warren Buffet or any > man do that is worth that kind of money. Gates produces a product line and an organisation that persuades people to give his organisation far far more than that. That's got to be worth a billion dollars :-) 700 Billion ~~=: $2 billion / day for a year. or $4 billion an hour for a week or $200 million a second for an hour. BUT Only ~$22,222 per second for a year! R -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist