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Statistics of the World

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by gwatson86, Jun 27, 2010.

  1. gwatson86

    gwatson86 Contributing Member

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    http://www.worldometers.info/

    This site basically shows real time numbers for all kinds of worldly statistics (population, government expenditures, consumption, emissions among others). I get the notion that some of the stuff in here may wander into D&D territory, but a lot of it I found to be simply mind-boggling.

    It's crazy to think that in the time it takes you to blink, another million emails have been fired off.
     
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    I'm pretty much disturbed by every single thing listed on there. If I were forced to sit and watch that page all day every day, I'm fairly certain I'd go into a deep depression.
     
  3. BrooksBall

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    194,728,379,021 World spending on illegal drugs this year (US$)
     
  4. Mr. Brightside

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    I do not do well, generally, when presented with facts.
     
  5. Invisible Fan

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    Wonder how fast the p*rn counter would go.

    No need to watch that page all the time. That's what RSS feeds are for.
     
  6. RedRedemption

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    It seems all these stats are rising or falling on a fixed number.

    They should add a variable to where a stat could rise as high as 8 one second, or as low as 4 the next, etc.
     
  7. Kwame

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    This is the second biggest business in the world behind arms.
     
  8. BrooksBall

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    Since my last post, the number is up almost a tenth of a billion: 194,809,787,406
     
  9. gwatson86

    gwatson86 Contributing Member

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    It's really just based on averages. The end result is the same.
     
  10. Jontro

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    Anyone know how they figure the amount of something illegal being sold? There are no records of them being sold.

    I tried opening the site, maybe the answers are there... but my interwebs is slow. Damn those pr0n sites, all they do is slow my computer down!
     
  11. Dairy Ashford

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    The should augment the food section to calculate how much food would be needed per person, and how much is actually wasted.
     

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