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Inconceivably huge

2008-10-09 02:43:09.82225+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments

New York City National Debt Clock runs out of digits.

[ related topics: Invention and Design New York ]

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#Comment Re: made: 2008-10-09 12:31:58.789696+00 by: m

The clock owner plans on adding two more digits. I guess he expecting that inflation will not quite make it to the levels found in Zimbabwe and post WWI Germany.

#Comment Re: made: 2008-10-09 14:01:52.269798+00 by: Dan Lyke

Remember when we used to think 32 bits was a big number? Now I'm wondering how long 64 bits will sustain us.