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Rick Gifford
12-04-2007, 12:02 AM
http://www.worldometers.info/

Jon Lanier
12-04-2007, 12:22 AM
http://www.worldometers.info/

I'd like to know where they get the info or ideas for the site.

I do know they go the age of the earth wrong. It is between 10-12 thousand years old.

Greg Peterson
12-04-2007, 12:43 AM
I'd say 4.5 billion years old is about right.

28 billions hours spent waiting for web pages to download! :eek: Need bigger pipes, captain.

Jim Becker
12-04-2007, 2:02 AM
A word of caution...do not take this anywhere near a science vs religion conversation...

Jim
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Gary Keedwell
12-04-2007, 10:14 AM
I'd like to know where they get the info or ideas for the site.

I do know they go the age of the earth wrong. It is between 10-12 thousand years old.
I'm not looking for controversy but how old are those dinosaur bones?
Gary

Dennis Peacock
12-04-2007, 10:43 AM
I'm not looking for controversy but how old are those dinosaur bones?
Gary

Oh....about 10-12 thousand year old. :p :D

Chris Padilla
12-04-2007, 10:54 AM
Yeah, that is interesting but I do wonder about their source. I like the energy one and the amount of solar energy hitting the Earth. Even if it is off by two orders of magnitude, it would be nice to grab it to use!!

Gary Keedwell
12-04-2007, 11:03 AM
Yeah, that is interesting but I do wonder about their source. I like the energy one and the amount of solar energy hitting the Earth. Even if it is off by two orders of magnitude, it would be nice to grab it to use!!
Solar energy hitting the earth? Gee, hope it doesn't warm the earth too much.:eek::eek:;)
Gary

Gary Keedwell
12-04-2007, 11:04 AM
Oh....about 10-12 thousand year old. :p :D
:D:D:D:D:p
Gary

Glenn Clabo
12-04-2007, 11:22 AM
About us

Worldometers is managed by a team of developers and researchers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. The Chief responsible for the project is currently Sir Thomasson.
Sources

Sources are carefully selected to include only data published by the most prestigious institutions in the world, such as the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agriculture Organization, its data branch FAOstat (http://faostat.fao.org/), the OECD (http://www.oecd.org/) and others. Data is updated periodically as new reports are made available.

Kevin French
12-04-2007, 5:27 PM
Great link!

the part I like is under the FOOD heading


180,000,00 underweight kids right now


273,750,000 hungry people right now


20,690 people who died of hunger today


$31,455,535,000 dollars, spent on DIETING in the USA this year

AFTER ALL WE DO HAVE OUR PRIORITIES.

OH YEAH! 4,435 U.S. spending on perfume ($U.S. millions) this year.

Jon Lanier
12-04-2007, 11:48 PM
I'm not looking for controversy but how old are those dinosaur bones?
Gary

NOVA did a story while back and the drilled holes into the ice of Greenland. Pulled out samples and ran test on the samples. They concluded that life could not exist on the planet past 12,000 years ago because of all the toxins.

Okay, maybe I said that wrong, Life did not exist past 10-12 thousand years.

See Jim, all science. :p

CW McClellan
12-04-2007, 11:58 PM
I thought Nova made lathes --they make drills to ? ha ha !!:D

Gary Keedwell
12-05-2007, 12:04 AM
I thought Nova made lathes --they make drills to ? ha ha !!:D
I had a Chevy Nova....I think it was a 1972. It used to back-fire when it was cold. Hated that car. Finally totaled it and got a 1974 Toyota. Oil embargo...I had the smallest car in the neighborhood.:)
Gary

Randy Denby
12-05-2007, 7:40 AM
I had a '69 Nova.....It was appropriately named. In spanish, no va means...."you no go" :)

Gary Whitt
12-05-2007, 8:39 AM
OH YEAH! 4,435 U.S. spending on perfume ($U.S. millions) this year.And allergy sufferers love that :eek:


:D

Randy Klein
12-05-2007, 8:44 AM
the most prestigious institutions in the world, such as the United Nations

Isn't that an oxymoron?:)

Dennis Peacock
12-05-2007, 8:49 AM
I had a Chevy Nova....I think it was a 1972. It used to back-fire when it was cold. Hated that car. Finally totaled it and got a 1974 Toyota. Oil embargo...I had the smallest car in the neighborhood.:)
Gary

You boys just won't do. Crazy bunch I tell ya. :D

Dick Adair
12-05-2007, 9:10 AM
I had a '69 Nova.....It was appropriately named. In spanish, no va means...."you no go" :)

I had a 1973 Vega. What does that mean in Spanish?

Dennis Peacock
12-05-2007, 10:34 AM
I had a 1973 Vega. What does that mean in Spanish?

Uh.....Y'all go?? :rolleyes: :D

David Epperson
12-05-2007, 10:52 AM
Isn't that an oxymoron?:)Not at all sure about the Oxy part. :D

Jon Lanier
12-05-2007, 12:39 PM
I've Nova idea what you guys are talking about.

Alert!

Thread Hi Jacked.


LOL

Gary Keedwell
12-05-2007, 12:44 PM
Isn't that an oxymoron?:)
Prestigious institution=United Nations?http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/dirtbox/pics/muttley.gif


Gary