> While Britain and Europe may agree on the definition of "billion"
FWIW Britain is part of Europe. It would seem that Britain and "continental Europe" don't agree on the meaning of "billion". Billion in the UK changed its meaning quite some time ago to accord with the American usage (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales - the 1974 timing given there seems right IIRC). Chris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
