[mosburger]

> Now enter "Big Red," a debt clock that will comfortably display numbers up to a hundred trillion dollars

That seems short-sighted.

[thras → mosburger]

I wouldn't worry. When the debt hits 100 trillion, we'll probably be lopping zeros off the currency Zimbabwe-style.

[gjm11]

IT World's description is garbled. The device isn't a debt clock, it's just a calculator that has lots of digits in its display. (Well, really, it's a gimmick whose purpose is to make a political/economic point; but its actual function is that of a calculator.)

See http://www.bigredcalculator.com/index.html for more information from the people who actually make the thing.

[stse → gjm11]

As this is probably based on the national debt clock [1] and as the functionality more resembles a clock then a calculator I can't really protest the description.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Debt_Clock

[stse]

I.O.U.S.A (http://www.iousathemovie.com/) is a good but somewhat depressing movie on the national debt.