> I thought the legal value of pi was 4, in Indiana. Actually the
> timber trade still calculates the volume of logs in an absurd way
> which implies that pi = 4.
Maybe it has to do with the volume of stacked logs and the fact that there
are still gaps between the logs. If only logs were hexagonal, we wouldn't
have that problem!
> > >In fact, ask anyone what Pi is, and majority of
> > >them will instantly reply to you "3.14".
>
> In my experience, most of them will think of something sitting on a
> plate, probably stuffed with apple & destined to be served
> "schlagobers".
Good point. In regards to my legal situation, I had lots of people asking
me what a prime number was, and those folks aren't likely to understand pi
any more either.
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