Re: Datasheet-flation?

On 11/24/24 18:37, john larkin wrote:

On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 17:25:43 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
 

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
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On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:30:34 +0000, liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid
(Liz Tuddenham) wrote:
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Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
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Also be aware that the term "Billion" means a million million
(Bi-million) in English but only a thousand million in American and
French..

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.. where it is a "milliard"

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The Milliard is English for a thousand million, which Americans call a
"Billion".
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Logically the English runs:
10^3   Thousand
10^6   Million
10^9   Milliard

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No, that's a duck.

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What goes "Quick!  Quick!" ?
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A duck with hiccups.
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(It will soon be Christmas cracker time.)

 Wonderful birds. It's unfortunate that they taste so good.
 

That may be what will save them. Animals that taste good
don't go extinct. But what a destiny...
Jeroen Belleman