Re: Datasheet-flation?

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Tue, 26 Nov 2024 07:51:04 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:21:56 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
 

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:22:22 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
 

Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
 
[...]

the English and American "billion" was harmonised many years ago at
one thousand million so there's no confusion.

 
Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.

 
Try this:
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/why-are-uk-and-
american-billions-different

 
It just repeats the myth but doesn't give a reference.

 
It's not a myth. UK and US billions have been harmonized at 1,000,000,000
for as long as I can remember now. As I recall, it was just done simply
via adoption rather than any Act of Parliament or Statutory Instrument.
IIRC, I think the pressure to do so came from the finance industry.

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Do you have a reference that isn't just heresay?

 
You can go to BBC.com and search for stories with "billions". They
obviously mean 1e9.

That is not evidence that the two have been harmonised, it just shows
that BBC journalists have adopted American terminology.

To harmonise two systems requires formal discussion, decision and
documentation and neither you nor I have found any evidence of that.

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