It's been like that for years, decades even. Just didn't get reported. (View Post)

Ms Abbott is quite correct, if they are using the UK definition of trillion and billion. Trillion = 10 exp 12, in Usonian-speak. BUT it is 10 exp 18 in UK usage. Billion = 10 exp 9 if Usonian. It is,… (View Post)

Point taken! Someone must have been using an old dictionary, though. (View Post)

We had a 60+ kbit one ... https://www.nms.ac.uk/past-exhibitions/lego-concorde-model (View Post)

Had wondered if this was about the shuttle, or the WW2 carrier, or the nuke carrier? So I had to look it up. https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/star-trek-u-s-s-enterprise-ncc-1701-d-10356 Really does… (View Post)