On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:22:03 -0700, Michael Smith wrote: In response to the following written by Mike Palij > >---One of your comments: >>"I think somebody, somewhere found something similar when >>carrying out Pi to an infinite number of digits but I can't remember >>which journal I read it in." > >-- Given that that's impossible, I would really like to meet that person! -- >just joking around :)
Yeah, so was I. Actually, Cart Sagan describes this (i.e., plans for space traveling device provided after a certain number of digits in the calculation of Pi) in his novel "Contact". I don't remember if they kept this in the movie or not. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
