--- jlightfoot@gmail.com wrote: From: John Lightfoot <jlightfoot@gmail.com> Excuse the top post, but this seems to be an argument between people who understand big numbers and those who don't. ------------------------------------ No, not exactly. It's also about those that think in current/past network terms and those who are saying we don't know what the future holds, so we should be careful. ----------------------------- which means 79 octillion people...no one alive will be around ----------------------------- Stop thinking in terms of people. Think in terms of huge numbers of 'things' in the ocean, in the atmosphere, in space, zillions of 'things' on and around everyone's bodies and homes and myriad other 'things' we can't even imagine right now. scott