"Robert F. Tulloch" schrieb:

>
> Helen Borrie wrote:
> >
> > At 10:09 PM 21-11-01 -0500, you wrote:
> > > > (just like when someone is talkin' of billions. What's a billion? In
> > > > Germany it's 10^12 in America it's 10^9...)
> > >
> > > What are you talking about 10^12 is 1,000 billion?
> >
> > Only in the USA. Out here in the globe, it is a million millions or 10^12. That's why most of the billionaires in the world live in the USA. :))
>
> 10 ^ 3 = 1,000 Thousand
>
> 10 ^ 6 = 1,000,000 Million
>
> 10 ^ 9 = 1,000,000,000 Thousand million = 1 billion
>
> 10 ^ 12 = 1,000,000,000,000 Million million = 1,000 billion.
>
> So if as you say in "the rest of the world" one million million is a
> billion, what is a million
> and 1,000 million?

1.1 * 10 ^ 9 = ONE POINT ONE MILLIARDEN (Milliards) - at least over
here.

>
> That is not "why" most of the billionaires live in the US.

No I expect them to live in Turkey, Italy (but only until 12/31/2001 or
31/12/2001), ...

Luc.