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  • From: Brian Bruns <camber AT ais.org>
  • To: Andre Costa <brblueser AT uol.com.br>
  • Cc: TDS Development Group <freetds AT franklin.metalab.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Coding style digression
  • Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:39:44 -0400 (EDT)



http://www.nmsr.org/alabama.htm

I rest my case ;-)

On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Andre Costa wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:13:37 -0400
> "Brian Bruns" <camber AT ais.org> wrote:
>
> > Let me explain...The Alabama state senate a few years ago passed a law
> > that pi was equal to exactly 3 because of a passage in the bible about
> > something being 30 cubits around and 10 cubits wide and a perfect
> > circle. Needless to say Alabama was the butt of a great many jokes among
> > engineering and mathmatics circles (pun not intended ;-)
>
> You've *GOT TO* be kidding!! 8)
>
> ... maybe next thing will be banning irrational numbers because they have
> too many decimal places ;)
>
> Best,
>
> Andre
>
>





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