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RE: Space Shuttle Costs
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lugnet.robotics
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Date:
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Tue, 15 Dec 1998 22:04:52 GMT
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Tim McSweeney <tim@ams.co.SPAMCAKEnz>
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> Oh, and for the person who asked, a billion was a million
> million, and a
> trillion was a million billion.
Why isn't a trillion a million million? :)
Tim
ObLego: um...
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| (...) Actually, although the British hold this view, Her Majesty's Government sold out and declared a billion to be a thousand million. As a result, I've boycotted the term :-) A trillion was even more radically devalued. Oh, and for the person who (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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