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Good... I'm glad to see none of you thieves stole my image. :P
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A very brief history of pi

Pi is a very old number. We know that the Egyptians and the Babylonians knew about the existence of the constant ratio pi, although they didn't know its value nearly as well as we do today. They had figured out that it was a little bigger than 3; the Babylonians had an approximation of 3 1/8 (3.125), and the Egyptians had a somewhat worse approximation of 4*(8/9)^2 (about 3.160484), which is slightly less accurate and much harder to work with. For more, see A History of Pi by Petr Beckman (Dorset Press).
The modern symbol for pi [] was first used in our modern sense in 1706 by William Jones, who wrote:


There are various other ways of finding the Lengths or Areas of particular Curve Lines, or Planes, which may very much facilitate the Practice; as for instance, in the Circle, the Diameter is to the Circumference as 1 to (16/5 - 4/239) - 1/3(16/5^3 - 4/239^3) + ... = 3.14159... = (see A History of Mathematical Notation by Florian Cajori).
Pi (rather than some other Greek letter like Alpha or Omega) was chosen as the letter to represent the number 3.141592... because the letter [] in Greek, pronounced like our letter 'p', stands for 'perimeter'.
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Have I truly died to Kevinswatch? Because it seems several of you are channelling my spirit...
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It could be - Jay claimed to be you the other night in chat. :P
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AHHHH!!!!! Jay has gone utterly mad! :hairs: :S
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Mr Hierachy wrote:Good... I'm glad to see none of you thieves stole my image. :P
Actually, I did - until yesterday; it was my signature. I removed it because it stopped showing.
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I noticed that too.....Mr Hierarchy's avatar stopped showing as well.

But as long as I'm here, can I have some pie too? I would like Isaac Newton's apple pi.
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Loremaster wrote:
Mr Hierachy wrote:Good... I'm glad to see none of you thieves stole my image. :P
Actually, I did - until yesterday; it was my signature. I removed it because it stopped showing.
Careful, or I will be forced to put your avatar on my pentagram. :P
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Mr Hierachy wrote:
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Mr Hierachy wrote:Good... I'm glad to see none of you thieves stole my image. :P
Actually, I did - until yesterday; it was my signature. I removed it because it stopped showing.
Careful, or I will be forced to put your avatar on my pentagram. :P
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I guess this time it would be Hier's Easter pentagram.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

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I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.

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Oo! I got dibs on the upper right corner!
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I want the center, or wherever it was I got the first time. Maybe the av can be an Easter Basket motif, with each of The Five being a coloured egg.
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion

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I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.

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Mr Hierachy wrote:
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Mr Hierachy wrote:Good... I'm glad to see none of you thieves stole my image. :P
Actually, I did - until yesterday; it was my signature. I removed it because it stopped showing.
Careful, or I will be forced to put your avatar on my pentagram. :P
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3.1415926535
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You all are defiling the sacredness that is the pi topic.-jay
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Ahh! So apparently we have all chosen the Defiles Course. ;)
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ur-bane wrote:Ahh! So apparently we have all chosen the Defiles Course. ;)
ur-bane! Gah! :faint:
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Blame it on my father....I got the Polish from him. :?
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You know I meant my fainting fit in the nicest way possible, don't you? I always faint at puns. Ask danlo! :D :)
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