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A thousand tonnes is ambiguous because you cannot know if it's metric tonnes or not. A billion grams is unambiguous, because a billion prefix for the regular r
by NullPrefix 5y ago
A thousand tonnes is ambiguous because you cannot know if it's metric tonnes or not.
A billion grams is unambiguous, because a billion prefix for the regular reader would mean pretty much the same as infinity. The 0.0000001 as the multiplier after billion prefix doesn't discount that, because you still have to read the billion out loud.
- Clewza313 5y agoOddly enough, "one billion" can mean different amounts in different countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scale
- _Microft 5y agoIsn't a "tonne" always 1000kg, while they only would have to disambiguate if they had written "ton"? Edit: yes, seems to be like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne
- fuzzfactor 5y agoThere's always this authoritative reference documenting some unambiguous weights & measures terminology: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Metric%20Fuckton https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Metric%20Fuc...