It also depends on which version of the trillion and billion you use!
Bill Potts wrote:
>
> Norm:
>
> It contains the usual error.
>
> I million microphones is a phone. A megaphone is one trillion microphones.
>
> Bill Potts, CMS
> San Jose, CA
> http://metric1.ort [SI Navigator]
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Norman Werling
> > Sent: March 06, 2001 13:58
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:11482] Fw: HANDY ENGINEERING CONVERSIONS
> >
> >
> > A couple of my nephews can't help but jab at me once in a while.
>
> >---- snip ----<
>
> > > ~ 1 million microphones: 1 megaphone
>
> >---- snip ----<
