Cortana got the age of the Earth wrong

[herbertsnow]

At least it didn't say it was 6000 years old.

 

[colinkiama]

lol, tell microsoft quickly

 

[herbertsnow]

I used the new feedback feature. The wheels are turning.

 

[paramsingh]

Ermm how is this wrong?

 

[Geddeeee]

At least it didn't say it was 6000 years old.

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Um... That's actually correct!!!!
4,540 million years IS 4.54 billion years. A billion is a 1,000 million.....

 

[paramsingh]

1000 million is equivalent to 1 billion so by that fact 4,540 million is the same as 4.54 billion.

 

[shinygerbil]

Last time I checked, 4540 million = 4.54 x 10^9. Cortana is correct, unless you are European and thus interpreting the comma in 4,540 as a decimal point. Cortana uses US numbering systems.

 

[Guytronic]

Four and a half billion years looks about right...
WhaduIknowtho...

 

[herbertsnow]

Um... That's actually correct!!!!
4,540 million years IS 4.54 billion years. A billion is a 1,000 million.....

Ok so I guess I'm not good with numbers. Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[Geddeeee]

Ok so I guess I'm not good with numbers. Thanks for clearing that up.

No worries... I'm glad we could all help... LOL!!!

 

[paramsingh]

Last time I checked, 4540 million = 4.54 x 10^9. Cortana is correct, unless you are European and thus interpreting the comma in 4,540 as a decimal point. Cortana uses US numbering systems.

In Europe we don't treat comma as a decimal point.

 

[Geddeeee]

No one treats the comma as a decimal point. I think the OP just misread it...

 

[BrunoShady]

We do, Brazil uses comma as decimal
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[lizziej]

In Europe we don't treat comma as a decimal point.

Much of Europe does: France, Spain, Italy .... Prices read ?1,99 not ?1.99.

 

[astondg]

No one treats the comma as a decimal point. I think the OP just misread it...

According to Wikipedia a heap of countries do:
SI style (French version), Albania, Belgium, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latin Europe, Lithuania, Netherlands (non-currency numbers, see below), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

There actually seem to be a bug in the WP emulator when emulating GPS in countries that use a comma, for example if I switch to French the emulator no longer reports any GPS events.

 

[Guytronic]

Moved to "Off Topic" since this has turned to a discussion about decimal points and\or what applies to which country\continent.

 

[scallawag]

I heard it was 6000 Years??????

 

[Legoboyii]

Well that's true, the earth is who knows how many years old, The Flood threw off the carbon dating, so alot of numbers after like 5k years are soo wrong. xD

Regardless earth is probably dat old. As for the 6,000 years, that would be wrong to say for how old the earth is. xD IF you asked how long mankind has been on earth then yes roughly 6000 years would be a proper answer.

 

[Indistinguishable]

At least it didn't say it was 6000 years old.

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Mocks young earth creationists. Can't read numbers. Excellent.

 

[Pete]

A age of 6,000 years was calculated by people who counted up all of the begatting in the Bible - the actual date was October 23, 4004BC.

Homo Sapiens first appeared about 195,000 years ago.