Wow, I've always wondered about that. Thanks for clarifying. /charlie
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:27 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: I will sell domain cftop.com > > > Internationalism and numbers can be a lot of fun. After some brief > research, I've confirmed what I remember learning and that, no > thanks to US > imperialism, it is changing. But the UK officially has different > definitions of Billion, Trillion, ect. > > US > 1,000,000 (10^6) = One Million > 1,000,000,000 (10^9) = One Billion > 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) = One Trillion > > Old UK > 1,000,000 (10^6) = One Million > 1,000,000,000,000 (10^12) = One Billion (One Million Squared) > 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 (10^18) = One Trillion (One Million Cubed) > > You can see where to a British person, our National Debt of 4.5 Trillion > (4,500,000,000,000,000,000) is even more surprising to them then > it is to us > (4,500,000,000,000). And why it is always good to use scientific notation > for large numbers 10^12 = 10^12 everywhere. > > http://www.hsu.edu/faculty/worthf/googol.html > > PS. Just imagine the stroke of genius a US president could claim by > adopting the UK convention, our debt would instantly "only" be > 4.5 billion! > *S* > > Sorry if I got a bit off topic with this, just remember it's Friday. > > -------------- > Ian Skinner > Web Programmer > BloodSource > Sacramento, CA > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
