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Howie Glatter wrote:
David Buckna wrote ... . . .An authoritative book on Saturn made this point about Saturn's moon Iapetus: "At estimated current rates it would require one thousand billion years to produce the crater density observed on Iapetus." Is that close to a trillion ? It depends on where you come from. In the UK a billion is 10^12. ie a million million (bi-million). A trillion would be 10^18 (tri-million). At least that's the way things used to be, now the US usage seems to have mostly taken over. DaveL |
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Chris L Peterson wrote ...
Would you say that it is about 5000 kilometers from L.A. to N.Y., or would you say it is about 5 megameters? g That Magameter is an unfamiliar term is a good point, but it does make more sense to me to say it that way, and I would prefer it. If people began thinking logically, it might become a habit, and where would we be then ? H. |
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Chris L Peterson wrote ...
Would you say that it is about 5000 kilometers from L.A. to N.Y., or would you say it is about 5 megameters? g That Magameter is an unfamiliar term is a good point, but it does make more sense to me to say it that way, and I would prefer it. If people began thinking logically, it might become a habit, and where would we be then ? H. |
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No. They are proof of ET's long since come and gone. Perhaps there are
still remnants of magnificent men and their flying machines still orbiting the gas giant. |
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No. They are proof of ET's long since come and gone. Perhaps there are
still remnants of magnificent men and their flying machines still orbiting the gas giant. |
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The rings of Saturn are thought to be several hundred million years old.
That's much younger than the solar system but hardly young in the sense that you are trying to find proof for. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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The rings of Saturn are thought to be several hundred million years old.
That's much younger than the solar system but hardly young in the sense that you are trying to find proof for. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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![]() Chris L Peterson wrote: On 4 Jul 2004 16:16:07 -0700, (Howie Glatter) wrote: Famous T.V.commercial from the past: "Anacin contains 1000 milligrams of pain reliever . ." Would you say that it is about 5000 kilometers from L.A. to N.Y., or would you say it is about 5 megameters? g _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatory http://www.cloudbait.com Instead of "5 megameters" I prefer "3107 millimiles". - Alex |
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