From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Mar 16 15:50:20 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from rhenium.btinternet.com (rhenium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.93]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7625E37C220 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:50:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.177.18] (helo=parish.my.domain) by rhenium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12Vk1u-0000Mx-00; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:50:14 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA01215; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:50:12 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 23:50:12 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Freddie Cash Cc: Greg Lehey , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <20000316235012.F248@parish> References: <200003161046.LAA36557@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>; <20000316130751.I759@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <200003162250.OAA28180@ocis.ocis.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200003162250.OAA28180@ocis.ocis.net>; from fcash@bigfoot.com on Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 02:49:44PM -0800 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 02:49:44PM -0800, Freddie Cash wrote: > JOOC, what is the progression in the non-Americas for 10^3 - > 10^12? > > Here in Canada, it's: > 10^3 thousand > 10^6 million > 10^9 billion > 10^12 trillion > So Canada subscribes to the US belief in short measure :) > Freddie > > > > Well, no, a billion is 10**12 in every country except the USA. The > > Americans have a history of short measure. Compare: > > > England USA > > > Pint 20 fl oz 16 fl oz > > Gallon 4.5 litres 3.8 litres > > Ton 2240 lbs 2000 lbs > > Billion 10**12 10**9 > > > Greg > > Reject complexity, embrace simplicity, and leave your > ego at the door. > - Colonel Kernel > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? -Poster at LinuxWorld 2000 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message