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03-16-2007, 05:30 AM

Slagar

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Re: Things you thing its ridiculous people dont know/assume everyone k

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My dad thought that pi was 22/7, pretty weird for a software engineer/analytical thinking type.

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Archimedes approximated (what we now call) pi to be less than 22/7 and greater than 223/71. Engineers are notorious for using approximations.

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