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To: flashbunny
" This fireball, which lasts just 10 million, billion, billionths of a second, ..

So this fireball last about 115 days??!!

16 posted on 03/17/2005 1:10:48 PM PST by Ken522
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To: Ken522

"This fireball, which lasts just 10 million, billion, billionths of a second"

'So this fireball last about 115 days??!!'


Huh??

How'd you get 'days' out of 'billionths of a second'??


21 posted on 03/17/2005 1:13:17 PM PST by Bigh4u2
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So this fireball last about 115 days??!!

Only on paper. Of course, the reporter was using that 'new math' stuff.

30 posted on 03/17/2005 1:18:27 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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Reporter: "Ok, boss, so it wasn't technically correct. It's not like the article was about anything technical."


32 posted on 03/17/2005 1:19:57 PM PST by UCANSEE2
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