Nope, electrical. Don't have to deal with pi much on a regular basis, so we
don't care too much. Besides, 22/7ths is just too big...
Close also counts in hydrogen bombs, and other weapons of mass destruction.
A Nuclear-tipped tomahawk has an accuracy of +/- 3 meters. Close enough for
me...
----- Original Message -----
From: Jon Rush <jonathan.rush@sdrc.com>
To: Richard Rees <greyhawke@home.com>
Cc: autox list <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: non-integers
> You must be an industrial engineer. Us mechanical types prefer 22/7.
>
> Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, and Engineering!
>
> Jon Rush
>
> Richard Rees wrote:
> >
> > Bah! For us engineers, pi = 3. It's close enough for practical
purposes,
> > plus if you do your work right, they cancel anyway (just like infinity /
> > infinity = 1)
> >
> > Richard Rees
> > 2 + 2 = 5 for sufficiently large values of 2
>
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