[plug] billion (was Unix Epoch: 1 billion seconds breakfast function.)

[Andrew Francis]

On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Clinton Butler wrote:
> Epoch is measured in the American ways.. and that's that! Our standard for
> Billion is 10^12 (Million Million)

Can you supply a reference for that? Dictionary definitions appear to be
in dispute.

> just.. stop dribbling about this
> worthless crap!
> It is getting rather annoying

I object to this.

So far, this debate's put far less crap in my mailbox than your failure
to Read The Fucking Manual (tm)

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Andrew Francis
locust at iinet.net.au