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From: Cousin Ricky
Subject: Pi Day of the century
Date: 14 Mar 2015 22:14:58
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At just the right time, we Americans could catch ten digits today.  The 
rest of the world will have to wait for the crude approximation in July. 
  :-P


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 15 Mar 2015 01:21:37
Message: <550516e1$1@news.povray.org>
Am 15.03.2015 um 03:14 schrieb Cousin Ricky:
> At just the right time, we Americans could catch ten digits today.  The
> rest of the world will have to wait for the crude approximation in July.
>   :-P

Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in 
American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<

To get it right, wait for 2031-06-01, 19:30:59.236077... (if I got the 
math right)


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From: Doctor John
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 15 Mar 2015 08:21:58
Message: <55057966$1@news.povray.org>
On 15/03/15 02:14, Cousin Ricky wrote:
> At just the right time, we Americans could catch ten digits today.  The
> rest of the world will have to wait for the crude approximation in July.
>  :-P

It's a pity you couldn't win the KMahjong game you were playing ;-)

John
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You hold it in trust for your children


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From: Orchid Win7 v1
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 15 Mar 2015 18:00:00
Message: <550600e0$1@news.povray.org>
On 15/03/2015 12:21 PM, Doctor John wrote:
> It's a pity you couldn't win the KMahjong game you were playing ;-)

Is it bad that I knew it was KMahjong just by the poorly-drawn tiles?


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 00:53:06
Message: <550661b2$1@news.povray.org>
Am 15.03.2015 um 23:00 schrieb Orchid Win7 v1:
> On 15/03/2015 12:21 PM, Doctor John wrote:
>> It's a pity you couldn't win the KMahjong game you were playing ;-)
>
> Is it bad that I knew it was KMahjong just by the poorly-drawn tiles?

Should I be worried that I recognized it was /some/ Mah-Jong game, but 
didn't bother a bit about it otherwise? :P


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From: Cousin Ricky
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 06:08:11
Message: <5506ab8b@news.povray.org>
On 03/15/2015 01:21 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 15.03.2015 um 03:14 schrieb Cousin Ricky:
>> At just the right time, we Americans could catch ten digits today.  The
>> rest of the world will have to wait for the crude approximation in July.
>>   :-P
>
> Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in
> American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<

What do you expect from a country that still uses inches and feet?

Nevertheless, there is one area of math where America excels: voter 
demographics.  Check out:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_4th_congressional_district

I changed my system date format back to ISO after I took the screen shot.


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From: Francois Labreque
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 09:27:51
Message: <5506da57$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2015-03-15 01:21, clipka a écrit :
> Am 15.03.2015 um 03:14 schrieb Cousin Ricky:
>> At just the right time, we Americans could catch ten digits today.  The
>> rest of the world will have to wait for the crude approximation in July.
>>   :-P
>
> Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in
> American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<
>
> To get it right, wait for 2031-06-01, 19:30:59.236077... (if I got the
> math right)
>
Says the guy who's native language describes 154 as "one hundred, 4 and 
fifty."  ;-)

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From: scott
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 09:38:53
Message: <5506dced@news.povray.org>
>> Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in
>> American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<
>>
>> To get it right, wait for 2031-06-01, 19:30:59.236077... (if I got the
>> math right)
>>
> Says the guy who's native language describes 154 as "one hundred, 4 and
> fifty."  ;-)

And who probably has an address of the form: street, house number, 
zip-code, town name ;-)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 10:29:03
Message: <5506e8af$1@news.povray.org>
On 16/03/2015 13:38, scott wrote:
>>> Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in
>>> American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<
>>>
>>> To get it right, wait for 2031-06-01, 19:30:59.236077... (if I got the
>>> math right)
>>>
>> Says the guy who's native language describes 154 as "one hundred, 4 and
>> fifty."  ;-)
>
> And who probably has an address of the form: street, house number,
> zip-code, town name ;-)
>

That's better than:
Under the third stone nearest the well, Dingly Dell .

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     Stephen


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: Pi Day of the century
Date: 16 Mar 2015 11:12:55
Message: <5506f2f7$1@news.povray.org>
On 16-3-2015 14:38, scott wrote:
>>> Uh, yeah... because when it comes to date formats, the Gregorian date in
>>> American notation is the pinnacle of mathematical thinking... >_<
>>>
>>> To get it right, wait for 2031-06-01, 19:30:59.236077... (if I got the
>>> math right)
>>>
>> Says the guy who's native language describes 154 as "one hundred, 4 and
>> fifty."  ;-)
>
> And who probably has an address of the form: street, house number,
> zip-code, town name ;-)
>
Of course! It is sooo stupid to look /first/ for the house number and 
only then for the street ;-)

-- 
Thomas


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