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From: Christoph Paeper <christoph.paeper@nurfuerspam.de>
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Markus Kuhn <n04W44+mgk25@cl.cam.ac.uk>:
>
> Gigapounds and teradollars seem perfectly acceptable solutions

By the way, I've watched the second episode of the new Battlestar  
Galactica series yesterday. Someone gave their food demand (per week and  
5e4 people) in ton(ne)s, but water in "gee pees"---was that an invented  
unit or really Gigapounds (or my bad ears)?

-- 
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that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least 
suited to do it. To summarize the summary: Anyone capable of getting themselves 
made President should by no means be allowed to do the job. To summarize the 
summary of the summary: People are a problem."