Daily archives: November 24, 2005

On the Plus Side

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mathsisfun.com

A website which does exactly what it says on the tin. Found while trying to answer the question “What is a Trillion?”

Personally, I’ve always believed that to an American, it is one thousand (American) billion, which is one British billion (or one million million) or 1 followed by 9 zeros, whereas in the UK, it is one (UK) billion x one (UK) billion (1 followed by 24 zeros).

However, most of the internet would have it that one UK billion is in fact 1 followed by 18 zeros.

And Oxford University blame both systems on the French and say that the British / American parts are just labels!

We were confused before and this hasn’t helped.

Does anyone else want to add anything?

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the picture of david gray

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Is there a portrait in his attic which shows him being interesting? Currently it’s in a jacuzzi, snorting down elephant tranquiliser whilst being serviced by an army of brazilian trans-sexuals.
Meanwhile the real david gray is locked in a studio somewhere with his weak lemon drink, carefully crafting songs so dull they sell by the million as reusable sedatives.