[r-t] Big search

[Alexander Holroyd]

According to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
, the UK government officially adopted billion=10^9 (etc) in 1974, but 
some countries still use the other system.

On Tue, 22 Jan 2008, Ben Willetts wrote:

> Don:
>>> Or in the UK does "billion" instead mean 10^12?
> Graham:
>> Yes it should, but the US billion is taking over increasingly.
>> It is annoying, as we are never sure which is being used.
>
> Really?  I can't recall the last time I heard anyone use "billion" to mean
> 10^12.  Certainly no news reports do.  I don't.  Do scientific papers still
> use it?
>
> Ben
>
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