Re: Datasheet-flation?

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
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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:
 
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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.

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That is not evidence that the two have been harmonised, it just shows
that BBC journalists have adopted American terminology.
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To harmonise two systems requires formal discussion, decision and
documentation and neither you nor I have found any evidence of that.