Re: Pi day

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From: Ulrich Berger
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:00

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Hagbard Celine wrote:
> 
> In article <8WRuzAAXBILzEwKP@ward-hull.demon.co.uk>,
> Martin Ward  <martin@ward-hull.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Pi day
> >
> >I saw a posting in one of the humour groups to the effect that 14 March
> >is Pi Day because 3/14 was a good approximation to pi.  Someone had
> >replied that 3/14 was closer to 0.2142857...
> 
> Well, maybe they were saying that 3.14, not 3/14 was a good approximation to
> pi.  Just think it over.>

Well, maybe Martin Ward IS aware of that. Already heard of irony???

Uli

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From: Ulrich Berger <bergeru@pap.univie.ac.at>
Subject: Re: Pi day
Date: 1997/03/18
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