hahahahahaha! I have a 100 billion Zimbabwe dollar note at my desk at work and I once told our CEO that I was going to give him his "first billion" He looked quite puzzled and then I handed him the bill. It was not clear whether he was amused or not! ;-) Sean On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Tamas Rudnai wro= te: > Did they mention which dollar they are talking about? :-) > > (see attachment) > > Tamas > > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 4:37 PM, BOB wrote: > >> RussellMc wrote: >> >> Many years ago =A0I was told that 1 BILLION in Great Britian was a >> >> thousand times more then 1 BILLION in th US. >> >> >> >> British 1BILLION =A0=3D =A01,000,000,000,000 >> >> US 1 BILLION =A0 =A0 =3D =A01,000,000,000 >> >> >> > >> > And? >> > This sounds like the start of a serial joke ... =A0:-). >> > >> > However, if a question was intended: >> > >> > Yes, >> > 1974. >> > Short and Long scales. >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_a= nd_short_scales >> > >> > >> > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Russell >> > >> > >> Apparently it is still not the case. >> >> The reason it came to mind was this terrible oil spill we have here in >> the gulf of MEXICO. >> >> British Petroleum promised to pay $20 =A0BILLION to help with clean >> up.Wouldn' the platicians grag that out for years. >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > > > > -- > int main() { char *a,*s,*q; printf(s=3D"int main() { char *a,*s,*q; > printf(s=3D%s%s%s, q=3D%s%s%s%s,s,q,q,a=3D%s%s%s%s,q,q,q,a,a,q); }", > q=3D"\"",s,q,q,a=3D"\\",q,q,q,a,a,q); } > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist