Re: Can you spell default? Roman walls have ears..
At 09:34 PM 4/12/03 -0500, Jamie Lawrence wrote:
On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, Major Variola (ret) wrote:
Iraq owes a billion (US ) pounds (Sterling) to Russia [...]
Without touching on the discussion on hand, can you please explain what
this means?
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. Taint no such thang as US pounds Sterling. And we're supposed to be metric, according to Congress, twice :-)
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
Jamie Lawrence wrote:
The difference between a US billion and a UK billion is best understood as an ad view generator for the slashdot crowd.
There is no difference. A UK billion is now the same as US billion and the older use is obsolete. -- Steve
At 1:14 AM -0700 4/15/03, Steve Mynott wrote:
Jamie Lawrence wrote:
The difference between a US billion and a UK billion is best understood as an ad view generator for the slashdot crowd.
There is no difference.
A UK billion is now the same as US billion and the older use is obsolete.
Ah, one less example of, "Two countries divided by a common language." Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@pwpconsult.com | American way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
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