"Martin_J Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Quoth Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2001-09-12 18:19:30: > > Nope, a real trillion is 10^18. Not sure what 10^15 is, as > I'm away from my dictionaries .... Any more literate Brits > out there?
It's a billiard. For an exhaustive answer search for it on http://home.att.net/~numericana/answer/culture.htm (way down). Summary: the French messed it up. J�rgen -- J�rgen Stuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.loria.fr/~stuber/
