2012-07-20, 15:13 | Link #22604 |
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Please move the shooting related discussion to this thread: Aurora, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting (July 20, 2012)
Also, please observe the rule in the first post. Thank you. |
2012-07-22, 04:49 | Link #22605 | |
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Chavez says election rival and Romney want to subjugate Venezuela
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...86L01R20120722 Quote:
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2012-07-22, 07:45 | Link #22606 |
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Ultra rich hide wealth equal to annual income of both US and Japan in tax havens.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18944097 |
2012-07-22, 14:11 | Link #22607 | |
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2012-07-22, 14:19 | Link #22609 |
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Have they finally stabilized the definition of "billion", since the term (as well as "trillon") have both long and short scale versions.
I'm guessing short scale, because in long scale "A trillion is a million billion" (10 to the 18th power) While short scale: "A trillion is 1,000 billion." (10 to the 12th power).
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2012-07-22, 14:28 | Link #22610 |
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I have long given up on understanding the english terms for big numbers above billion.
I know Billion is 1000 Million, because that's a sum which you regulary use in EveOnline. But other than that... give me 10^x notations. In German it's simple: Million, Milliarde, Billion, Billiarde, Trillion, Trilliarde and so on. Alternating between *ion and *iarde for each *1000 step and using latin numbers, quadr, quint, sext, sept, okt... All things neatly in order like they should be! |
2012-07-22, 15:09 | Link #22613 |
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Plan ahead, things scale, a Zentillion is a 1 with 600 zeros.
Now I need to think of a case in which I could use that awesome number... you know to bring up in casual conversation. "Did you know cats disperse about a zentillion hairs over the course of their lives?" |
2012-07-22, 15:20 | Link #22616 | |
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2012-07-22, 15:33 | Link #22617 |
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Prosecutors, regulators close to making Libor arrests
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...86L0CC20120722
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2012-07-23, 09:11 | Link #22618 |
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CALGARY - Oil and gas producer Nexen Inc. (TSX:NXY) has agreed to be acquired by China National Offshore Oil Company for US$15.1 billion cash.
http://www.edmontonjournal.com/busin...404/story.html Where do they get so much cash? And why are they paying in cash? :S |
2012-07-23, 10:16 | Link #22620 | |
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