Date: Apr 30, 2013 3:35 AM
Author: quasi
Subject: Re: the situation is worse than you thought

quasi wrote:
>Jasen Betts wrote:
>>quasi wrote:
>>> RichD wrote:
>>>>
>>>>Yesterday, I was on a college shuttle bus.  The driver
>>>>was telling a passenger about the alumni donors, that
>>>>you have to give a billion $ to get your name on a
>>>>monument;  "Do you know how much is a billion?
>>>>It's about a hundred million"
>>>>
>>>>Are bus drivers allowed to vote?  This explains much.
>>>
>>> In the UK, a billion _is_ equal to 100 million.
>>
>>never!
>
>I've acknowledged my error several times already.
>
>>since 1974 it's been 10^9 (and before that 10^12)
>
>What happened in 1974?

Never mind -- it was answered by another poster.

quasi