Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 13:07:51 -0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <20000316130751.I759@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200003161046.LAA36557@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>; from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de on Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 11:46:05AM %2B0100 References: <8ap37f$n4b$1@atlantis.rz.tu-clausthal.de> <200003161046.LAA36557@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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On Thursday, 16 March 2000 at 11:46:05 +0100, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> wrote in list.freebsd-chat: >> 1 million microphones = 1 megaphone > > Shouldn't that be a trillion? > micro- == 1e-6, mega- == 1e+6, so the factor is 1e12 which > whould be 1 trillion (at least in the US; in Germany it's > "1 Billion", confusingly). 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 -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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