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Article #367Re: EDITORIAL: Californians say "Mass Transit" but still prefer to drive alone
From: Robert Cote
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:02
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:02
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In article <f01ad253.0108230924.77d15495@posting.google.com>, mikewill@math.ucsb.edu (mike wills) wrote: > > If you feel compelled to quibble with that, you surely must be one of those > > nerds from high school, slide rule in pocket, sniggering "what a dork--he > > had the nerve to say that pi is 3.14. Everyone knows it's > > 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510!". > > sorry- can't resist this one... :) > It's not that either. it's the number you get when you divide the > length of a circle's circumference by the length of the circle's > diameter Yeah, I was all set to make some snide reference to Taylor Series expansions and such but was fearful of really being branded a nerd. Robert "pocket pen protector" Cote
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fd3ff,70444480405ebd34 X-Google-Attributes: gidfd3ff,public X-Google-Thread: f59f9,70444480405ebd34 X-Google-Attributes: gidf59f9,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-08-23 14:18:11 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!paloalto-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!paloalto-snr1.gtei.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Robert Cote <techscan@gte.net> Newsgroups: la.transportation,ba.transportation Subject: Re: EDITORIAL: Californians say "Mass Transit" but still prefer to drive alone Organization: Techscan References: <pLJf7.21445$ZM2.1941660@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net> <3B80F20E.90AD1AAC@erols.com> <B7A7096E.51137%mmullen8014@home.com> <tmjg7.3927$Sa7.584216@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> <3B823A85.F347BD0B@erols.com> <mLtg7.490$Hw3.128310@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> <3B83940C.33E37CF3@erols.com> <koPg7.574$m87.128298@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> <3B83F362.B6858B08@but.us.chickens> <hgTg7.2535$m87.305101@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> <3B8472B1.24B65CA5@but.us.transit-oriented.chickens> <f01ad253.0108230924.77d15495@posting.google.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.1 (PPC) Lines: 17 Message-ID: <Kbeh7.2704$Rr3.436602@paloalto-snr1.gtei.net> X-Trace: /w3Za88ReonUcWp1BLqyGkrm1jDc9qmYgE20Jtv6WsNQ5rh/HVnvJ1JG7PfCWuB7gtXpC+TuMyn7!QdawhV4bAyZtbTMG264Xcl4RZ7CY5dZOSwIFKBa1oPYRWMXA/nzkZbae/otLEEQqpsbMc58piCT3!VNPXZk6czCNxbw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@gte.net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:02:34 GMT Distribution: world Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 21:02:34 GMT