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National debt clock runs out of digits Rob Kleinschmidt 10-14-2008
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Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on October 14, 2008, 4:04 pm
The digital counter marks the national debt level, but
when that passed the $10 trillion point last month,
the sign could not display the full amount.

The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion
level of debt in 1989.

The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added,
allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm

You need 14 digits to show a ten trillion dollar debt.
The clock had 13. It's being increased to 15, apparantly
in the expectation that all 15 will be needed.

Posted by on October 14, 2008, 4:06 pm
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:04:14 -0700 (PDT), Rob Kleinschmidt

>The digital counter marks the national debt level, but
>when that passed the $10 trillion point last month,
>the sign could not display the full amount.
>
>The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion
>level of debt in 1989.
>
>The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added,
>allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm
>
>You need 14 digits to show a ten trillion dollar debt.
>The clock had 13. It's being increased to 15, apparantly
>in the expectation that all 15 will be needed.

        No problemo - we'll borrow a few more digits from China.


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Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on October 14, 2008, 4:37 pm
On Oct 14, 1:06 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:04:14 -0700 (PDT), Rob Kleinschmidt

> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm
>
> >You need 14 digits to show a ten trillion dollar debt.
> >The clock had 13. It's being increased to 15, apparantly
> >in the expectation that all 15 will be needed.
>
> No problemo - we'll borrow a few more digits from China.

Dunno about that.

I heared tell they got small digits.

Posted by Timberwoof on October 14, 2008, 8:00 pm
In article

> The digital counter marks the national debt level, but
> when that passed the $10 trillion point last month,
> the sign could not display the full amount.
>
> The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion
> level of debt in 1989.
>
> The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added,
> allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm
>
> You need 14 digits to show a ten trillion dollar debt.
> The clock had 13. It's being increased to 15, apparantly
> in the expectation that all 15 will be needed.

Don't worry. Inflation will cut the debt down to a manageable level.

}: )

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Posted by Ben Kaufman on October 15, 2008, 10:33 am
On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:04:14 -0700 (PDT), Rob Kleinschmidt

>The digital counter marks the national debt level, but
>when that passed the $10 trillion point last month,
>the sign could not display the full amount.
>
>The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion
>level of debt in 1989.
>
>The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added,
>allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7660409.stm
>
>You need 14 digits to show a ten trillion dollar debt.
>The clock had 13. It's being increased to 15, apparantly
>in the expectation that all 15 will be needed.

See, there's the silver lining! Another "Y2K bug" that will require the
employment of technical workers to fix it. :-)

Ben

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