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Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 24 Jan 1999 00:42:40 GMT
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On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 22:24:40 GMT, "Jesse Long" <LongJR97@hotmail.com>
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> One billion is a thousand million. A million million is one trillion, which
> you never have unless you're talking about the US Debt.
How typically US centric. Tsk, Tsk.
Jasper *tongue firmly in cheek*
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 | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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| [followup set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] (...) We went through this in the robotics group; it was a mess. But I believe the US usage is derived from the French, so blame them. (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a8c26e.21838254@l...et.com>... (...) 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 ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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