| merlyn | I wonder if that harry potter lady knows that |
| integral | hello |
| Teratogen | some guy sent his mac into CompUSA for repair and it came back with someone else's hard drive! HAHAHA |
| rindolf | merlyn: J.K. Rowling. |
| merlyn | Yes Rowling |
| integral | They don't serve that kind of brownie at Patisserie Florentine :-) |
| merlyn | Roling of Infinite Wealth Younger than me, and already a billionaire |
| rindolf | merlyn: I eventually changed milliard to billion in that essay I wrote which I London.PMed. |
| merlyn | Yeah, milliard is awkward |
| rindolf | merlyn: I still like milliard better. |
| merlyn | "thousand million " is the universal phrase |
| rindolf | It's more consistent to call 10**9 milliard. |
| mmlj4 | as in "milliards and billiards"? |
| merlyn | and "million million" for the next one |
| rindolf | And 10**12 bilion. |
| integral | I always though 1000**3 was more sensible |
| rindolf | So it's the power of 10 divided by 6. |
| merlyn | ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19367_Pink_Floyd |
| integral | *thought* |
| Teratogen | gazillion |
| integral | then 1024**3 makes more sense |
| merlyn | heh - geek crush time - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8299_Taleoni |
| crunge | one, a couple, a few, a bunch, a lot, a shitload, an assload, a fuckload... |
| merlyn | a fuckingassload |
| crunge | merlyn: oh yeah, this is a much better system |
| merlyn | a couplefuckingassshitload an assbunch yeah, this'll go over well. :) and then the brits will want a fucikiard |
| crunge | If I ask a child, "Would lyou like a million dollars or a million yeN?" they'd be confused. If I asked them, "Do you want a fuckingshitload of money?" then the choice is quite clear. |
| xand | a what? |
| integral | They trade manure on the commodities markets now? Personally, I'd take a million tonnes of copper. |
| merlyn | they'll claim: million is to milliard as fuckton is to fuckiard :) |
| crunge | integral: and crazy people as well... i.e. the Looney |
| merlyn | so we'll end up with two different systems again |
| xand | merlyn: people don't use the work "milliard" *word |