Saturday, August 22, 2009

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?


What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

by Dr. Lord Michael B.


Lord Research, 22 August, 2009

http://michaelb576.blogspot.com/

All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it.

While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere... (Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and few other lucky people have 500+ of these pallets)

Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

Scroll down...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars... There are 100 million packs (100x100bills in a packet = 10,000 per packet; 10,000 x 100 million)

(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about

Monday, July 13, 2009

The Celebrity 100

The Celebrity 100

She's rich. She's talented. She's beautiful. And now Angelina Jolie is the most powerful celebrity in the world.

Thanks to the release of several blockbuster movies and an endless sea of media buzz,

Jolie has dethroned Oprah Winfrey to top this year's (2009) Celebrity 100 list, Forbes' annual ranking of the world's ultra famous.

Rank

Name

Pay ($mil)

Web Rank

Press Rank

TV Rank

1

Angelina Jolie

27

3

5

3

2

Oprah Winfrey

275

4

8

2

3

Madonna

110

9

6

8

4

Beyonce Knowles

87

2

20

16

5

Tiger Woods

110

54

4

4

6

Bruce Springsteen

70

32

19

25

7

Steven Spielberg

150

48

26

48

8

Jennifer Aniston

25

6

30

21

9

Brad Pitt

28

11

7

6

10

Kobe Bryant

45

53

10

15

11

Will Smith

45

37

18

17

12

Dr. Phil McGraw

80

74

55

10

13

Britney Spears

35

10

16

11

14

David Letterman

45

35

36

9

15

Coldplay

70

64

17

57

16

Adam Sandler

55

25

43

44

17

Harrison Ford

65

13

48

75

18

Michael Jordan

45

19

33

39

19

LeBron James

40

58

15

27

20

Tom Cruise

33

33

13

19

21

Bon Jovi

50

20

57

50

22

Donald Trump

50

57

47

26

23

Rush Limbaugh

54

80

45

22

24

George Lucas

170

71

65

85

25

Simon Cowell

75

62

97

40

26

Stephenie Meyer

50

31

42

82

27

Roger Federer

33

56

3

20

28

David Beckham

42

63

9

59

29

Miley Cyrus

25

5

29

7

30

Tyler Perry

75

84

73

55

31

Kenny Chesney

65

79

75

41

32

Jay-Z

35

12

37

47

33

Clint Eastwood

35

41

23

43

34

Howard Stern

70

61

86

72

35

Sean (Diddy) Combs

30

8

44

28

36

Phil Mickelson

40

97

14

23

37

Jerry Seinfeld

85

83

82

71

38

Dave Matthews Band

65

67

74

74

39

Tom Hanks

35

29

46

46

40

Ellen DeGeneres

35

39

56

36

41

Eddie Murphy

40

23

66

63

42

Rascal Flatts

60

78

80

61

43

Jay Leno

32

73

32

5

44

Ryan Seacrest

38

14

81

49

45

Nicolas Cage

40

42

51

69

46

Kanye West

25

7

31

37

47

AC/DC

60

89

71

72

48

George Clooney

25

28

22

29

49

Barack Obama

2

1

1

1

50

50 Cent

20

22

2

12

51

Brian Grazer/Ron Howard

45

75

58

69

52

Kimi Raikkonen

45

76

28

100

53

Jerry Bruckheimer

100

100

95

95

54

Chris Rock

42

65

67

62

55

Ronaldinho

30

30

11

99

56

Jim Carrey

30

40

50

51

57

Manny Pacquiao

40

55

59

80

58

Sarah Jessica Parker

27

21

49

60

59

Toby Keith

52

93

87

65

60

Jonas Brothers

25

68

34

13

61

James Patterson

60

96

83

98

62

Kevin Garnett

30

87

35

38

63

Jeff Gordon

30

91

40

30

64

Meryl Streep

24

52

21

31

65

Larry David

55

98

93

93

66

Derek Jeter

30

85

41

52

67

Serena Williams

17

44

12

18

68

Stephen King

30

49

60

89

69

Taylor Swift

18

46

54

42

70

Daniel Radcliffe

25

17

85

87

71

Reese Witherspoon

15

24

52

56

72

Gisele Bundchen

25

27

91

85

73

Cameron Diaz

20

16

62

76

74

Nicole Kidman

9

47

24

35

75

Carrie Underwood

14

38

68

32

76

Maria Sharapova

22

15

78

81

77

Venus Williams

15

86

25

24

78

Heidi Klum

16

50

61

58

79

Rachael Ray

15

43

76

34

80

David Copperfield

30

88

96

91

81

Glenn Beck

23

59

89

54

82

Katherine Heigl

18

18

88

79

83

Jon Stewart

14

66

53

33

84

Jeff Dunham

30

95

98

97

85

Anne Hathaway

7

26

39

53

86

Tina Fey

7

45

79

14

87

Drew Barrymore

12

51

63

68

88

Charlie Sheen

21

72

84

64

89

Eva Longoria Parker

9

34

69

66

90

Ana Ivanovic

10

82

27

83

91

Alec Baldwin

8

69

64

45

92

Sandra Bullock

17

60

90

94

93

Steve Carell

20

81

99

95

94

Hugh Laurie

10

70

72

84

95

Wolfgang Puck

18

99

94

77

96

Penn & Teller

20

94

100

92

97

Kate Moss

8

92

38

88

98

Mariska Hargitay

8

90

69

66

99

Jennifer Love Hewitt

6

36

92

90

100

Danica Patrick

7

77

77

78