Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxq.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2 From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson) Newsgroups: net.math Subject: Re: More on i**i - (and public school standards) Message-ID: <689@ihuxq.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 13:16:43 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxq.689 Posted: Tue Feb 21 13:16:43 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Feb-84 02:19:46 EST References: <899@inmet.UUCP> <635@dalcs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 15 My father, an ex-(British) Royal Navy engineering officer, during his early days at the Royal Naval Engineering College, was told about pi by an elderly Chief Petty Officer. (Imagine strong east London accent) "Pi is a number promulgated by the Hadmirality to determine the di-a-meter of circles. Some uses 3.14159, but we uses 22 upon 7 as bein' quicker and more accurate." John Hobson AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, IL (312) 979-0193 ihnp4!ihuxq!amigo2