While mathematics tells us that there are more than 2 Trillion ways to feed a lace through the six pairs of eyelets on an average shoe, this site presents a typical cross-section of traditional and alternative lacing methods. picked by unzercharlie 2 years ago

How happy would you be with your own army of bacon-bots? picked by nightcrawlerx 7 months ago

It's funny how the Japanese love to waste their supercomputers on climate change and car design instead of nuclear weapons like in some countries. Now they're squandering their teraflops chasing down irrational numbers. picked by kakana 3 months ago

Bill Mahr interviews former U.S. Comptroller General, David Walker, about the national deficit and he says we're screwed. picked by tontodiablo 1 year ago

A new map reveals dense pools of invisible matter tipping the scales at 10 trillion times the mass of the sun and housing a cosmic city of ancient galaxies. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The military industrial complex has pumped out some pretty useful stuff, thanks to the several trillion dollars we've given them over the years. But military vehicle designers get bored like everybody else, and sometimes it seems like they'll make something purely because it looks awesome. picked by sharon22 6 months ago

The Paulson Plan is not technically a bailout. The government isn't just giving the banks billions of dollars, they are purchasing loans at pennies on the dollar. The Feds can pump up the economy, increasing the ability of the loans to be repaid and end up with a huge profit. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

An ethnic Indian in Malaysia is using an audacious strategy to highlight the plight of his mostly impoverished community by suing Britain, the country's former colonial ruler, for $4 trillion (1.9 trillion pounds). picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates is the richest man again, overtaking investor Warren Buffett, as the global financial meltdown wiped out $2 trillion from the net worth of the world's billionaires. picked by equinox 9 months ago

10 billion, trillion, trillion carats. Kobe Bryant's wife says "I want that." picked by misterc 3 years ago

A good number of the uninsured Americans are young adults who choose not to get insurance because they don't feel they need it. One way to help finance the trillion dollar bill is to force those who won't use health services to pay for them anyway. picked by 2manyusernames 3 months ago

Patricia Demauro, a New Jersey grandmother beat incredible odds (1.56 trillion to 1) when she was in Atlantic City playing craps. She managed to roll a pair of dice 154 times without rolling a 7. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

"John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, (it would) result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years."


I'd challenge anyone to find me a comprehensive health plan for $2500 a year. Please. Hurry. picked by BADbud 1 year ago

In a year in which roughly 17,000 leading presidential contenders, plus of course Dennis Kucinich, held roughly 63,000 debates, during which they spewed out roughly 153 trillion words; and yet the only truly memorable phrase emitted in any political context was ``Don't tase me, Bro!'' you know there will be a lot of humor to find. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Punk is 'not' dead! (Thank Dog) picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Enough to pay off 90% of Americas mortgages. picked by hoosker 10 months ago

Wal-mart wants every CD you buy to cost less than ten bucks. And the nation's largest retailer -- which moved a quarter of a trillion dollars' worth of goods last year -- usually gets its way. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Especially since the billions they receive currently is being spent so wisely. picked by dp2000 2 months ago

This year, for the first time, everyone in The Forbes 400 has at least $1 billion. The collective net worth of the nation’s wealthiest climbed to $1.25 trillion. picked by Galoot 3 years ago

Try $4.6 trillion. 19-times the size of the gimmicked 'official' deficit for 2006 of $248 billion. picked by Boomshank 3 years ago