One Billion
 

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases:_
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A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the_rate Washington spends it.

Wow, that is some perspective.

nice

thats actually interesting... cool.

at first the 1959 to jesus times doesn't sound like it would work, but 40 * 60 = 2400.
actually, jesus wouldn't have been born yet.

According to this: a billion seconds ago is 1971
1,000,000,000 seconds/ 60 = 16,666,666.666 minutes
16,666,666.666 minutes/ 60 = 277,777 hours
277,777 hours/ 24 = 11574.074 days
11574.074 days/ 365 = 31.7 years
2003-31.7 years = 1971

1,000,000,000 minutes/ 60 = 16666666.6666 hours
16666666.66 hours/ 24 = 694444.4444 days
694444.444 days/ 365 = 1902 years
2003-1902 = 101 A.D. Close enough to the time Jesus was alive


1,000,000,000 hours/ 24 = 41,666,666.6666 days
41,666,666.66666 days/ 365 = 114155.25 years
I would say that is in the stone age.