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Not a lot of people realise what it takes to make 1,000,000. I'm actually making something that demonstrates 1 million. It's neat


The one I saw at the museum I had turned for like, 10 minutes and the 1's gear was flying, but the 3rd wheel over didn't even move. The millions was 3 more than that. Meaning that spinning the hell out of that 1's gear I would have to do it for like a day to register .. even register down the line at the 10,000's gear. From there I would have to spin the wheel for a month to make it even register on the 100,000s, and then do that for a year to make it even register on the millions gear.
 
pissedoffsol said:
they are no where close to 1 mil on their board, let alone in 1 thread
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Numbers comprehension > you.

1,000,000,000

As in, one billion.

They will never make it.

edit: on the first page they just had a goal of 10,000. They destroyed that goal.
 
If you were just born, being able to count. You could count one number per second and not count to 1,000,000

The United States of America is not 1,000,000 seconds old. ( or was it 10,000,000 ? I forget. Grab a calculator, I'm still at work)
 
Celerity said:
The United States of America is not 1,000,000 seconds old. ( or was it 10,000,000 ? I forget. Grab a calculator, I'm still at work)
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I got 100 years to = 3,155,760,000 seconds? And I'm pretty sure America is a bunch older than 100 years. I'm mostly posting to check my math though... sometimes jump the gun on that thinking through thing:

100(years) * 365(days) = 36,500 days in a hundred years
add 25(every 4 years of the 100) for those Leap Year days = 36,525 days
36,525(days) * 24(hours) = 876,600 hours in a hundred years
876,600(hours) * 60(minutes) = 52,596,000 minutes in a hundred years
52,596,000(minutes) * 60(seconds) = 3,155,760,000 seconds in a hundred years

So America should be 8,268,091,200 seconds old at 230(up the the end of 2006) years old. Right?
 
High_Rolling_Civic said:
I got 100 years to = 3,155,760,000 seconds? And I'm pretty sure America is a bunch older than 100 years. ........
So America should be 8,268,091,200 seconds old at 230(up the the end of 2006) years old. Right?
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Come now. I may not know math, but does the year "1776" ring a bell ?

230 years old.

I guess I may been thinking a billion.
 
Celerity said:
High_Rolling_Civic said:
I got 100 years to = 3,155,760,000 seconds? And I'm pretty sure America is a bunch older than 100 years. ........
So America should be 8,268,091,200 seconds old at 230(up the the end of 2006) years old. Right?
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Come now. I may not know math, but does the year "1776" ring a bell ?

230 years old.

I guess I may been thinking a billion.
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Huh? I said it was 230 years old. I just used 100 at first cause its easier math with leap years, then used that number to figure out what it was at 230 years:
High_Rolling_Civic said:
So America should be 8,268,091,200 seconds old at 230(up the the end of 2006) years old.
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Actually, that's way the fuck high...

I got:


To find how many days between these two centennial years:
1776-1876
365 days * 100 = 36,500 + 25 = 36,525 days

1876-1976
365 days * 100 = 36,500 + 25 = 36,525 days


How many days between 76-06:
1976-2006
365 days * 30 = 10,950 + 8 = 10,958 days


Adding all the days:
2(36.525)+10,958 = 84,008 days


Hours in 230 years:
84,008*24= 2,016,192 hours


Minutes in 230 years:
2,016,192*60= 120,971,520 minutes

Seconds in 230 years:
120,971,520*60= 7,258,291,200 seconds

Not taking into account the US didn't gain independance until July 4th 1776, and that we're already on Jan 26th, 2007. The US is;

*drum roll*


Grand Total:
7,258,291,200 seconds old.


And according to this counter I found online after plugging in the dates, the US is;


The counter from July 4th, 1776 at 12:00:01 am:
7,275,906,666 seconds old up to TODAY...

...and counting.

I want rep for being closer damnit!
 
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This depends on what you consider the birth of the U.S. If you measure from the Declaration of Independence (1776), then it's 229 years old.

However, what followed the war for independence was actually a loose and ill-fated confederacy that fell apart because nothing compelled the states to cooperate and, say, fund an army. The United States as we know it today really started with the Constitution, which went into effect in 1789, making the current republic 216 years old.

England recognized the United States in 1783, so if you ask them the U.S. is 222 years old.

Source(s):
United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
Celerity said:
This depends on what you consider the birth of the U.S. If you measure from the Declaration of Independence (1776), then it's 229 years old.

However, what followed the war for independence was actually a loose and ill-fated confederacy that fell apart because nothing compelled the states to cooperate and, say, fund an army. The United States as we know it today really started with the Constitution, which went into effect in 1789, making the current republic 216 years old.

England recognized the United States in 1783, so if you ask them the U.S. is 222 years old.

Source(s):
United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yeah but now that *I* have a closer number, you wanna fuck up the math.
 
so, thats what you're doing while taking over the secretary's job.. way to pass the time.. :lol:
 
2000Si said:
Actually, that's way the fuck high...
7,258,291,200 seconds old.
And according to this counter I found online after plugging in the dates, the US is;
7,275,906,666 seconds old up to TODAY...
...and counting.
I want rep for being closer damnit!
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Haha, ok ok! I know my hundred years number is right though :). Hit something wrong on my 230 year count cause i just did it again and got 7,258,248,000. You were still closer though so youll get your reps repwhore^_^
 
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