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I would have thought it would be US billion ie 10^9. Is the damage stat total damage or EDF property destroyed?

 

It's EDF damage. The game doesnt seem to give an exact amount of EDF damage given. I do have the achievement now, but I get a bit annoyed when the game companies don't make them selves clear enough.

Sometimes they don't need to be clear, but when theres a flippin achievement tracker, then they need to get it right! lol

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(Just my first google search)

 

OK, here in UK a Billion equals

100 Million whereas in the US it

is 1,000 Million. What gives?

 

US: (10 to Power of)

10 to the 1 = 10

10 to the 2 = 100

10 to the 3 = 1,000 (Thousand)

10 to the 6 = 1,000,000 (Million)

10 to the 9 = 1,000,000,000 (Billion)

 

UK

10 to the 3 = 1,000

10 to the 6 = 1,000,000 (Million)

10 to the 8 = 100,000,000 (UK Billion)

 

http://forums.appleinsider.com/archive/index.php/t-11297.html

 

Well I have always thought the UK Billion was "One Thousand Million" / 1,000,000,000

 

Although you are not necesarily tought Billions, I don't think it matters in exams as I have always written the American Billion.

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One thousand million is a billion... as a Science teacher who values international standards, any nation that takes a minority view and says otherwise is a spanner in the gears of progress...

 

Much like Americans with their ghastly inches and miles and gallons... I mean, preposterous!

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One thousand million is a billion... as a Science teacher who values international standards, any nation that takes a minority view and says otherwise is a spanner in the gears of progress...

 

Much like Americans with their ghastly inches and miles and gallons... I mean, preposterous!

 

Ok I am confused now because that is saying "Yay for the american thousand million", but bog off america for the ghastly inches and miles. Us brits use miles!

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Wait, what?

 

I'm from the UK - from Scotland - and can honestly say that all through school, college and my adult life, I've NEVER known a billion to be anything other than 1,000 million.

 

I was taught that at school and then when I left school to study Physics, again it was NEVER just 100 million.

 

And to be sure, when I saw this thread, I called my mate to get him to ask his Dad - he's a professsor at Aberdeen University - and guess what? He agrees... Its 1000 million here too - so whats with this UK being different to the US thing.

 

 

EDIT: Right, just to clarify - Both the US and UK billion are the same - one thousand million - and have been the same since 1974.

 

 

Anyhoo...

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Wait, what?

 

I'm from the UK - from Scotland - and can honestly say that all through school, college and my adult life, I've NEVER known a billion to be anything other than 1,000 million.

 

I was taught that at school and then when I left school to study Physics, again it was NEVER just 100 million.

 

And to be sure, when I saw this thread, I called my mate to get him to ask his Dad - he's a professsor at Aberdeen University - and guess what? He agrees... Its 1000 million here too - so whats with this UK being different to the US thing.

 

 

EDIT: Right, just to clarify - Both the US and UK billion are the same - one thousand million - and have been the same since 1974.

 

 

Anyhoo...

 

This is what I thought! I was always tought that 1000 million is a billion, but was always told the american one is different.

 

But not since 1974 ¬_¬ haaa

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