Re: WSJ article on Pi Day
From: Angus Rodgers (angus_prune_at_bigfoot.com)
Date: 03/15/05
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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:46:02 +0000
On 15 Mar 2005 06:07:19 -0800, "MrPepper11"
<MrPepper11@go.com> wrote:
>March 15, 2005
>If Pious Revelry Gets You Down, Calculate the Joys of Pi Day
>By JUNE KRONHOLZ
>Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
>
>Figure this: yesterday was Pi Day. March 14, the third month, 14th day.
>As in 3.14, roughly the ratio of a circle's circumference to its
>diameter. One lucky number with its own celebration. [...]
It's also Einstein's birthday. Spooky, isn't it?
Google "albert einstein born": 506,000 results.
"albert einstein born -max": 353,000 results. :)
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