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-John ================= > [email protected] wrote on 10/12/2009 04:23:11 PM: > >> From: >> >> "Chris Cheney" <[email protected]> >> >> To: >> >> Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <[email protected]> >> >> Date: >> >> 10/12/2009 04:31 PM >> >> Subject: >> >> Re: [time-nuts] unités & conventions internationales >> >> Sent by: >> >> [email protected] >> >> > While Britain and Europe may agree on the definition of "billion" >> >> FWIW Britain is part of Europe. > > Hmm. The British may regard this as an actionable libel. > > >> 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). > > Interesting Wiki article. I didn't know the history. > > Thanks, > > Joe Gwinn > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
