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Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:24:40 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a8c26e.21838254@lugnet.com>...

1BN?  Is that a million million, or a thousand million?


One billion is a thousand million.  A million million is one trillion, which
you never have unless you're talking about the US Debt.

Jesse

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  Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
 
Jesse Long skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which (...) Depends on the part of the world! Here in Sweden (and most of Europe?), a thousand million is called 'miljard', and a billion is one million million. Sweden US ---...--- Miljon 1 000 000 Million (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
 
(...) You haven't been following lugnet.robotics.way-off-topic. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
 
(...) How typically US centric. Tsk, Tsk. Jasper *tongue firmly in cheek* (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) 1BN? Is that a million million, or a thousand million? (...) I don't know -- I almost always get charged by CA for parts replacement. Which is OK with me. Free was wonderful, but it is a service worth paying for. Especially when they send the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)

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