Comments on: Really Big Numbers http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:20:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Quartermaster http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312788 Quartermaster Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:13:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312788 Lex, you pretty much said all that needed to be said. Lex, you pretty much said all that needed to be said.

]]> By: Malderi http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312768 Malderi Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:26:23 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312768 As a space geek, I prefer the "we'd have 20 people walking on Mars in 15 years and a permanent colony of 100 people in 25 years... for half of that." As a space geek, I prefer the “we’d have 20 people walking on Mars in 15 years and a permanent colony of 100 people in 25 years… for half of that.”

]]> By: Nermous@msn.com http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312731 Nermous@msn.com Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:38:26 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312731 How many penicillin shots would it buy after a port call in Pattaya Beach? How many penicillin shots would it buy after a port call in Pattaya Beach?

]]> By: Larry http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312699 Larry Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:13:41 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312699 2500 F-22s......7000 Super Hornets.........sheesh, that puts things in perspective. Given the ringer the military is about to go through (a new, improved version of the ringer the military has gone through over the last 2 decades), the waste is simply stupefying. USAF is just about committing service suicide over a few dozen measly F-22s, and this nation pisses away enough money in a day to pay for squadron after squadron of the type. 16 carriers plus their 50 year life cycle......crikey. All gone in an instant.....vapor. 2500 F-22s……7000 Super Hornets………sheesh, that puts things in perspective. Given the ringer the military is about to go through (a new, improved version of the ringer the military has gone through over the last 2 decades), the waste is simply stupefying. USAF is just about committing service suicide over a few dozen measly F-22s, and this nation pisses away enough money in a day to pay for squadron after squadron of the type.

16 carriers plus their 50 year life cycle……crikey. All gone in an instant…..vapor.

]]> By: Pixelkiller http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312667 Pixelkiller Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:22:12 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312667 Should this 350 billion be filed under "The Hair of The Dog" or "Stupidity"? Someone once said, "If you do something wrong often enough, it becomes right". Should this 350 billion be filed under “The Hair of The Dog” or “Stupidity”?
Someone once said, “If you do something wrong often enough, it becomes right”.

]]> By: SJBill http://www.neptunuslex.com/2009/01/14/really-big-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-312653 SJBill Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:37:22 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=7164#comment-312653 From the Chump that promises Change, this is merely Chump Change. We haven't seen anything, yet. From the Chump that promises Change, this is merely Chump Change. We haven’t seen anything, yet.

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