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From: Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com>
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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 00:15:20 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:21:56 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

> Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 18:22:22 +0000, Liz Tuddenham wrote:
>> 
>> > Cursitor Doom <cd999666@notformail.com> wrote:
>> > 
>> > [...]
>> >> the English and American "billion" was harmonised many years ago at
>> >> one thousand million so there's no confusion.
>> > 
>> > Can you give a reference for that?  I haven't found one.
>> 
>> Try this:
>> https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/questions/why-are-uk-and-
>> american-billions-different
> 
> It just repeats the myth but doesn't give a reference.

It's not a myth. UK and US billions have been harmonized at 1,000,000,000 
for as long as I can remember now. As I recall, it was just done simply 
via adoption rather than any Act of Parliament or Statutory Instrument. 
IIRC, I think the pressure to do so came from the finance industry.