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Re: Fw: Space Shuttle Costs ** OFF TOPIC **
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 16 Dec 1998 13:15:16 GMT
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Fred Read <FRED@CORPnospam.NETCOM.NET.UK>
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Tom Rowton wrote:
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> Would someone please enlighten those of us who clearly do not understand the
> number system that the rest of the world uses, what the difference is
> between 5,000,000,000 and 5 Billion? Or is the US the only country that
> recognises "billion" as a valid number? How about trillion?
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> I am seriously interested - this is not a thinly veiled jab. I would really
> like to know, so hold the flamethrowers and let the information flow.
One Billion is a Million Million.
One Trillion is a Million Million Million.
It seems that on your way across the Atlantic you threw the thousands
overboard with all the "u"s...
[That's a joke, don't flame me!]
--
If it ain't opinionated, it ain't Rich Teer.
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| Would someone please enlighten those of us who clearly do not understand the number system that the rest of the world uses, what the difference is between 5,000,000,000 and 5 Billion? Or is the US the only country that recognises "billion" as a (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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