Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdahl!canopus From: canopus@amdahl.UUCP (Flaming Asteroid) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Billion and billions Message-ID: <602@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 28-Nov-84 12:59:53 EST Article-I.D.: amdahl.602 Posted: Wed Nov 28 12:59:53 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:18:26 EST References: <177@philabs.UUCP> <1157@drusd.UUCP> Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 16 > > "... if I had a billion Volkswagons and I parked them > end to end, how far would the line of cars go? > > "If there is anyone that has an answer to my problem, I would appreciate a response." Assuming a VW of 14 feet in length from bumper to bumper, roughly 2,651,515.1 miles, which is about eleven times farther than the Moon, or about one-tenth the distance to Venus at its closest approach, or one ten-millionth the distance to the nearest star, or .... -- Frank Dibbell (408-746-6493) ...!{ihnp4,hplabs,amd,nsc}!amdahl!canopus [The views expressed herein are not necessarily the views of my employer, or myself, for that matter]