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Re: LEGO Mentioned in Business Week
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Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:36:38 GMT
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Carbon 60 wrote in message <36C89356.714D4E2A@bigfoot.com>...
> Jasper Janssen wrote:
> > I'm thinking very hard whether I wanna post this.... what kind of
> > Billion? :)
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> Take it as an American billion, every does these days - even the
> British! The problem with the US numbering system is that for really
> big numbers you don't have a name for them.
LIke what?
Jesse
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| Maybe c60 doesn't but I can get well beyond the number of pieces I'm ever likely to amass Each adds 3 zeroes Thousand Million Billion Trillion Quadrillion Quintillion Sextillion Septillion Octillion That's where I forget what comes next. But (...) (26 years ago, 16-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Take it as an American billion, every does these days - even the British! The problem with the US numbering system is that for really big numbers you don't have a name for them. So in British terms it is 3000 million US dollars. (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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