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9/30/2008 12:02:01 PM

because posts at the bottom never get read

Quote :

"^^ dude, are you REALLY that thick? i am going to round the population to 350 million. using 300 million will blow your brain. 700 BILLION / 350 MILLION = 700/350 * BILLION/MILLION = 2 * 1000 = 2000"

9/30/2008 12:02:54 PM

Quote :

"Quote : "I'm not worried, I bank with Wachovia" Quote : "Wachovia's banking sold to Citigroup" "

Aren't I clever? See what I did there? Just went over everyone's head though.

9/30/2008 12:03:34 PM

The estimate wasn't off by a factor of a thousand. US citizens over 18, or about about 226 million people. That comes out to a bit over $3,000 per person. $200,000 divided by 1,000 is only $200.

9/30/2008 12:09:28 PM

Sorry, I meant by a 100.

9/30/2008 12:10:19 PM

All this goes to show that humans generally suck with numbers. It's one of the things the machines beat us at early on.

(I still wouldn't mind three thousand bucks from Uncle Sam.)

9/30/2008 12:12:20 PM

^
Bank Executives today

9/30/2008 12:23:21 PM

K, I found my numbers. All US citizens that are over 18, and own a mortage, can split the $750 billion and get about $20K.

9/30/2008 12:40:47 PM