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

[skribe]

On Mon,  3 Sep 2001 12:47, Andrew Francis wrote:
> 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.

The Macquarie (the self-claimed National dictionary) lists it as both.  First 
listing is 10^12. Second 10^9.

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

Come on Andrew, stop beating around the bush and tell us what you really 
think =).

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