Talk:Construction on massive radio telescope array to begin in 2012
Add topicLatest comment: 17 years ago by Contralya
About the exchange rates, "US$2 billion (£1 billion)", that is generally incorrect according to sources like:
OANDA.com
XE.com
Yahoo! Finance
Someone doesn't like the dollar... According to the sources, a Euro is worth about 1 1/2 USD, not two dollars for every Euro. I don't see the point in being sloppy when you are talking billions. I made the change. Contralya 04:51, 5 October 2007 (UTC)
- That would be correct (well, about), but for one thing. Unless I see a different symbol to you, £ is not the symbol for the Euro, it's the symbol for the pound sterling. The symbol for the Euro is €. $2 billion is about £1 billion pounds (Google), and yes, $2 billion is about €1.4 billion (Google again). So I changed it to include both. --217.43.88.34 14:53, 5 October 2007 (UTC).
- I get them mixed up all of the time. I keep forgetting that Britain didn't adopt the Euro. Contralya 19:35, 5 October 2007 (UTC)