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To: MtnClimber

I had a hard time calculating circles until I realized that pi is basically 3.


4 posted on 02/25/2021 3:37:07 AM PST by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: ClearCase_guy

My preference of pi is definitely three, apple, banana cream and anything peanut butter.


6 posted on 02/25/2021 3:40:03 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Actually, 3.1428571 etc.


9 posted on 02/25/2021 3:49:44 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: ClearCase_guy

use 22/7


18 posted on 02/25/2021 4:38:18 AM PST by jpsb
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To: ClearCase_guy
No,not “basically” 3. With that attitude a nuclear missile launched from North Dakota and aimed at Beijing would land in San Francisco...which might not be a bad thing! ;-)
26 posted on 02/25/2021 5:11:14 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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To: ClearCase_guy

Who can recite the most digits of pi...

The world champion is Akira Haraguchi, who in 2006 recited 100,000 digits of pi from memory at a public event near Tokyo.

It took him 16hrs 30mins. This feat makes him the master pi-man, even though the Guinness Book of records has not validated his record.

And in America were discussing racism in mathematics. We’re so screwed.


37 posted on 02/25/2021 6:50:44 AM PST by CodeJockey (Dum Spiro, Pugno)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I had a hard time calculating circles until I realized that pi is basically 3.

I don't recall if it was true, or possibly from a Heinlein story, where some idiot legislator tried to pass a law stating that pi == 3.

It's been years, does anyone else remember that?

Mark

45 posted on 02/26/2021 4:41:29 AM PST by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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