A friend recently asked about PIA on a post.
PIA a number closely related to PI and discovered accidently in a Fortran program by a whiz kid who was trying to crack the NORAD Santa code to make it metric. The Whiz kid is 13 and he did it on an old IBM XT his grandfather gave him running DOS 2.1 and MS Fortran 3.03. He cracked NORAD using assembler and Netscape. When asked by his father why he used that computer he said if it is good enough for grandad it is good enough for me and who needs 3.5 floppy drives. The number is (((PI squared)/(e squared)) - (square root of -1)) to the eth power. When asked by his math teacher the distance across the courtyard in imperial he replied – 2 chains, 3 rods and 2000 barley corns – all perfectly legal - this actually comes from a Wikipedia page on old English railway stations *From:* USMA <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Stephen Humphreys *Sent:* Monday, 4 January 2021 6:05 PM *To:* Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> *Cc:* Postings Metric List ([email protected]) < [email protected]> *Subject:* [USMA 1653] Re: New metric tools That was far too early for April 1st! I was on my way to get a tin of tartan paint and was going to ask for one…. On 4 Jan 2021, at 6:04 pm, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> wrote: Yes that is the joke. Its also left handed and right handed. My high school friend sent his mom on a wild goose chase one year tell his mom (may she rest in peace) to get him a left handed crescent wrench for Christmas. In reality however they probably do make them but back then there was no internet to find it even if there was. *From:* Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, January 4, 2021 11:45 AM *To:* Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> *Cc:* Postings Metric List ([email protected]) < [email protected]> *Subject:* Re: [USMA 1650] New metric tools *ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.* Am I being a bit dim but - hear me out - the fact that its fully adjustable means that it can ONLY be both imperial and metric? Or should I have stayed awake more at metalwork at school? On 4 Jan 2021, at 12:46 pm, Ressel, Howard R (DOT) <[email protected]> wrote: Thought this is a good one to start off the new year. 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