Samsung's fine ($1.049bn) isn't yet payable; the judge hasn't ruled. All we 
have is the jury's verdict. The judge's decision, which could include a 
tripling of the fine, is due on 20 September (or possibly 6 December now; 
it's unclear). Until then, Samsung only has to pay its lawyers. That should 
be less than $1bn.

Some more fact-checkiing from Ken Tindell via Twitter: "A nickel weighs 5g. 
It would take 2,755 18-wheeler trucks (max legal tare 80,000 lbs) to carry 
the money."

Consider how much a billion dollars in nickels would weigh: you need 20bn of 
them, and at 5g each that's 0.005 kg x 20,000,000,000 = 100,000,000 kg = 
100,000 tonnes.

There probably aren't that many nickels in circulation anyway. The New York 
Times noted in 2006 that there were about 20bn nickels in circulation at the 
time; rising metal prices were encouraging people to melt them for the 
copper and zinc. Another dose of reason.







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