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Re: Space Shuttle Costs
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:51:29 GMT
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On Wed, 16 Dec 1998 02:14:13 GMT, lego-robotics@crynwr.com (stephen p
spackman) wrote:
> I have a simple, logical, consistent and *standard* proposal that I
> think addresses all possible confusion in the matter:
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> number name
> 1e0 illion
> 1e3 Killion
> 1e6 Million
> 1e9 Gillion
> 1e12 Tillion
> 1e15 Pillion
> 1e18 Exillion (well, *almost* standard)
> 1e21 Yillion
> 1e24 Zillion
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> (did I get them right?)
Lessee.. from memory:
Kilo
mega
giga
tera
peta
exa
Yotta
Zetta
I think you did. Took me a few seconds to figure it out, tho :)
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> So 5 Gillion bux is the kwantitee in kweschun.
How bout 5 Giga-bucks? Much more SF :)
Jasper
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| (...) I have a simple, logical, consistent and *standard* proposal that I think addresses all possible confusion in the matter: number name 1e0 illion 1e3 Killion 1e6 Million 1e9 Gillion 1e12 Tillion 1e15 Pillion 1e18 Exillion (well, *almost* (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-98, to lugnet.robotics)
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