On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
At 09:34 PM 4/12/03 -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
I don't understand what US pounds Sterling are.
Fair nuff, mate. The Brits think a billion is something other than 1e9. So "billion" here meant 1e9. Pounds meant about a buck and a half to two, the going rate for Brit bucks AFAIK.
Ah, OK. Your comment makes sense now. I was attributing modifiers to the wrong nouns. In other words, about a metric assload. The difference between a US billion and a UK billion is best understood as an ad view generator for the slashdot crowd. Back to the regularly scheduled bickering... -j -- Jamie Lawrence jal@jal.org "The media is reality." - US Air Force Major General Gene Renuart