Re: Pi day

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From: Hagbard Celine
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 00:00

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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.>
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From: hagbard@umbc.edu (Hagbard Celine)
Subject: Re: Pi day
Date: 1997/03/17
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