> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:42:42PM -0400, Buddha Buck wrote: > > At 07:19 PM 09-12-2001 +0200, Neal H Walfield wrote: > > > > It looks like we're getting confused between the UK billion and the > > > American billion. (Apologies to all other countries who use one or > the other.) > > > > > > > > American (including Unix) = 10^9 > > > > British = 10^12 > > > > > >What the heck do the British call 10^9? And further more, is 10^15 a > > >trillion (in the British system)? > > > > I'm not British, but I believe the system is: Im not British either, i'm Austrian, and in my opinion the british system (as it is listed here) is more logical. It's quite similar to the german one, I added a "German" column so u can see. Its interesting that the British say "Thousand ..illion" whereas we say "..iarde"... > > > > American British German > > 1000 Thousand Thousand Tausend (== Thousand) > > 10^6 Million Million Million > > 10^9 Billion Thousand Million (or a Milliard) Milliarde > > 10^12 Trillion Billion Billion > > 10^15 Quadrillion Thousand Billion Billiarde > > 10^18 Quintillion Trillion Trillion > > 10^21 Sextillion Thousand Trillion Trilliade > > 10^24 Septillion Quadrillion ... (see the British!) > > etc. > > which actually makes more sense than the american system -- > in the american system, a "bi-illion" is not two of anything that > a "mono-illion" is one of. however, in the british system, think > of a million as a factor of 10^6 -- then a "bi-illion" is simply > two of the factors, or 10^12 (and so on with a "tri-illion" - > 10^18) > > the american system is a wacky off-by-one kinda of thing, where > a "million" is *two* factors of 10^3, a "billion" is *three* of > these factors, a "trillion" *four*, and so on. > > at least the SI prefixes are unchanged in the british system! > --Rob > > -- > /-------------------------------------------------------------\ > | "If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane" | > | --Jimmy Buffett, | > | "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes" | > \-------------------------------------------------------------/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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