Share something pointless about your life!

[Lawl]

I only saw him in the Labyrinth, and really liked it. Other than that, I don't know much about him.

Oh don't forget our lottery is 1.3 billon dollars. I actually bought my first lottery ticket for the giggles. I was told its going to grow to be 1.5 by the next drawing.

I'm definitely going to buy one this week. I know I'm going to lose but it's just fun to think about the what ifs.

[unbanned]

Fitted a straight through centre pipe in effect cutting out the old silencer on my car not realising the scale of what it'd do.

It's so ****ing loud it's unbelievable, people look at me in disgust and I agree I'm disgusted with myself as well.

[Shiina]

Yes but sadly for america 1billion there isn't much, it's basically only a 100x 1mil... not 1mil x 1mil like everywhere else in the world.

100,000,000 - American Billion
1,000,000,000,000 - Standard Billion

US Billions are won on a quarterly basis in the Euromillions Lottery.

Please tell me you're joking and not actually awful at math.

This is the best thing I've read all day.

[MrRufus2nd]

Windows 10 might be faster because they probably slowed other Windows down. I know for sure Apple does it with their products but idk if Microsoft does.

[helzz]

Please tell me you're joking and not actually awful at math.

This is the best thing I've read all day.

She's not entirely wrong. A billion in British English used to be considered 1,000,000,000,000, but is now 1,000,000,000, like it's always been in American English.

http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/campai...a-billion.html

[TheClam]

I thought numbers are universal. I mean a thousand is a thousand everywhere, ten is ten, a million is a million. Since when a billion is a different number in a country than everywhere else in the world? A billion is 1.000.000.000

[Radvo]

In Romania, a billion is a number equal to a thousand milliards (or, in some countries, equal to a milliard). (According to official definition)

After million (10^6) there's milliard (10^9), billion (10^12 = 1,000,000,000,000), billiard (10^15), trillion (10^18), etc.

[Lawl]

"Increasingly in this country we are using the USA meaning of a billion for these big numbers, and a trillion for the old UK meaning of one followed by twelve noughts. The UK government has been using the American meaning of billion since 1974 for the numbers it gives out."

That's all I needed.

[TheClam]

In Romania, a billion is a number equal to a thousand milliards (or, in some countries, equal to a milliard). (According to official definition)

After million (10^6) there's milliard (10^9), billion (10^12 = 1,000,000,000,000), billiard (10^15), trillion (10^18), etc.

America and UK doesn't have the miliard iic

[Lawl]

I always told myself that I will never start another MOBA. Dota 2 and Smite would be the only MOBA's I'd ever play.

But this looks ****ing cool.

[Lynea]

I thought numbers are universal. I mean a thousand is a thousand everywhere, ten is ten, a million is a million. Since when a billion is a different number in a country than everywhere else in the world? A billion is 1.000.000.000

Yes, I thought this too.

In Romania, a billion is a number equal to a thousand milliards (or, in some countries, equal to a milliard). (According to official definition)

After million (10^6) there's milliard (10^9), billion (10^12 = 1,000,000,000,000), billiard (10^15), trillion (10^18), etc.

What is a milliard?

"Increasingly in this country we are using the USA meaning of a billion for these big numbers, and a trillion for the old UK meaning of one followed by twelve noughts. The UK government has been using the American meaning of billion since 1974 for the numbers it gives out."

That's all I needed.

I'm guessing that there might be some schools in the UK that are half as bad as US schools, and happen to be 30+ years behind on their curriculum.

[Radvo]

What is a milliard?

I've literally said what a milliard is in the post you quoted

milliard (10^9)

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Milliard.html

1,000,000,000, or, your equivalent of billion.

[Obnoxious]

UK sticking to made up things the rest of the world doesn't cares about... it's like inches, feet and yards all over again.

[Lynea]

I've literally said what a milliard is in the post you quoted

I was hoping for words, not equations or exponents. You know, as in like what it IS, what its FOR, how it is used, what its origin is...
I wasn't asking for the number.
I don't know how else I can explain what I'm asking for.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Milliard.html

1,000,000,000, or, your equivalent of billion.

"your"
God, some people can get really petty over these sorts of things, eh?

What's next for discussion? Metrics vs. Imperial systems? US English vs. UK English? Soccer vs. Football?

What I'm genuinely interested in is why Europeans seem to care so much, but nobody else in the world gives a rat's backside.

[Obnoxious]

What's next for discussion? Metrics vs. Imperial systems?

I had just brought up the "Real World Measurements vs. Made Up Measurements" one a post ago.