Comments on: So, Just How Big is One Billion? http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion Kids, computers, and our not-so-perfect life Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:16:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: georgeandshannon.com » DIY: Billion Second Birthday http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/comment-page-1#comment-579 georgeandshannon.com » DIY: Billion Second Birthday Tue, 18 Dec 2007 04:09:39 +0000 http://georgeandshannon.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/#comment-579 [...] to know when your billion second birthday is (or was)? Want to say you’ve written a bit of Ruby code? Well, here’s your chance. [...] [...] to know when your billion second birthday is (or was)? Want to say you’ve written a bit of Ruby code? Well, here’s your chance. [...]

]]> By: Shannon http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/comment-page-1#comment-578 Shannon Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:32:29 +0000 http://georgeandshannon.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/#comment-578 Why did I figure it out? It was part of the Ruby tutorial I was going through a few weeks ago. So, yes, the leap years were accounted for. Thanks for the sweet note, Dad. Time is certainly precious. Only it's hard to remember that sometimes, isn't it? Why did I figure it out? It was part of the Ruby tutorial I was going through a few weeks ago. So, yes, the leap years were accounted for.

Thanks for the sweet note, Dad. Time is certainly precious. Only it’s hard to remember that sometimes, isn’t it?

]]> By: Britt http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/comment-page-1#comment-574 Britt Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:49:12 +0000 http://georgeandshannon.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/#comment-574 Time is precious. One day, your wife tells you that she is pregnant. Soon, you have a new person in the family. Just a few days later, that baby heads off to kindergarten. After a couple of weeks, that baby graduates from college, gets married and then has babies of her own. My goodness, where did time go? So, happy belated billionth. love, dad Time is precious. One day, your wife tells you that she is pregnant. Soon, you have a new person in the family. Just a few days later, that baby heads off to kindergarten. After a couple of weeks, that baby graduates from college, gets married and then has babies of her own. My goodness, where did time go? So, happy belated billionth. love, dad

]]> By: Christy http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/comment-page-1#comment-573 Christy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:40:12 +0000 http://georgeandshannon.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/#comment-573 My the way, I just did the math on my calculator and you are correct. Did you though take into account leap years? My the way, I just did the math on my calculator and you are correct. Did you though take into account leap years?

]]> By: Christy http://blueeyedzoo.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/comment-page-1#comment-572 Christy Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:38:41 +0000 http://georgeandshannon.com/blog/2007/12/so-just-how-big-is-one-billion/#comment-572 I can't believe that I missed my 1,000,000,000 second celebration. Now why in the world did you figure that out? I can’t believe that I missed my 1,000,000,000 second celebration. Now why in the world did you figure that out?

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