https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/ Speculations on the Frontiers of Science and Culture Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-29 Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:55:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-29 Interesting times…

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-30 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:03:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-30 the national debt ticker in NYC ran out of decimal spots to represent the current debt. They are renovating it to add two more spots, potentially allowing representation of our debt to 999tr.

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-31 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-31 That’s just depressing.

]]> https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-32 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 10:15:00 +0000 https://archive.opentheory.net/2008/06/our-national-debt-1200th-of-everything-in-the-world/#comment-32 I remember being in Paris in 1962. As I remember, the currency was the NF (New Frank). It had recently replaced the Frank at 100 F to 1 NF. Doesn’t the process seem to have started here?

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