We hear dollar figures thrown out about the cost of things every day. picked by bandit 11 months ago

Ever tried to visualize a huge number, and fail? This site will help: "Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that ... read full post picked by thephrog 2 years ago

Actually, it's TWO billion, but two billion doesn't jive with my photo choice. picked by videoguy 2 years ago

"The U.S. federal government spent over $19 billion dollars in 2003 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $600 per second. The budget has since been increased by over a billion dollars." picked by cameron0 1 year ago

Now double that. And add $170 Billion. That's the price tag of the bailout

Originally posted here picked by JoshSF49 1 month ago

Banking in at over $7 Billion, the scheme was finally unearthed this week with the unstable market. The catch? He did it all alone. What could one man need $7 Billion for?

...Apparently He had a lot of Stuff to Buy. "I'd Like 5 Tons of Tooth Paste." picked by muppetmaker 10 months ago

Researchers estimate that millions of pets, animal parts and meats are covertly smuggled across the border totaling a $10 billion industry, second only to illegal drugs. picked by 1krazykorean 1 year ago

In the last two weeks alone, Iraq has made purchase requests totaling $10.9 billion.

And now comes a purchase request coming in at $2.16 billion. So just what does $2.16 billion buy us theses days?? Well according to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency: picked by hmtksteve 3 months ago

Global warming will create at least 1 billion refugees by 2050 as water shortages and crop failures force people to leave their homes, sparking local wars over access to resources. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Twelve academic institutions in California recently received approximately $271 million in grant money from a state agency to construct laboratories for stem-cell research, according to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education (“In California, Millions Are Distributed for Stem-Cell Research,” May 8, 2008). picked by 1krazykorean 6 months ago

The Utah-based Anti-Spam company Unspam Technologies has filed a one billion dollar lawsuit on behalf of over twenty thousand internet users. The suit was filed in Virginia under the CAN-SPAM Act and Virginia law. The question that comes to mind is exactly who is the lawsuit aimed at? picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing an account worth $38 billion. picked by shredtone 2 years ago

Buying cannabis in the Dutch city of Maastricht will soon mean having your fingerprints taken, your face scanned and your biometric data recorded. picked by DrNothing 1 year ago

We all know that cannabis has a multitude of uses. Now evidence shows that it is also a source of antibacterial chemicals for multi-drug resistant bacteria. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

It looked like an average Nerang back yard with an above-ground pool and neatly trimmed hedges.

But a closer look at the shrubbery revealed they were actually cannabis plants and that put a new twist on the expression 'cultivating drugs'. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

The owners of the company that makes the Whizzinator, a prosthetic penis used to mask illegal drug use, were charged yesterday in federal court with conspiracy to defraud the government and are expected to plead guilty.

Kind of a follow up to this. picked by punthe 1 month ago

UCSF (California of course) researchers have created a way to vaporize marijuana allowing the body to absorb the active ingredient, THC without the toxins from smoking it.
This is most helpful for those who use pot for medicinal purposes picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A middle-aged New Zealand woman rang police to report a theft of cannabis plants she had been growing at her North Island home, picked by suebe 2 years ago

The price tag for a new or renovated stadium in the L.A. area could top $1 billion — more than double the estimates of a few years ago. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

The Magic Weed traces the story of the Cannabis plant, which has a ten-thousand-year history in human culture. picked by meddelem 1 week ago