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The ratio of 30 cubits for the circumference to 10 cubits for the diameter "from one brim to the other" of the "completely round" circle gives the value of pi as being exactly 3. ... Perhaps Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas or one of the other states I mentioned was the one that attempted to a legislate a pi of biblical proportions.
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www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legis...
www.straightdope.com/columns/read/805/did-a-state-legislature-once-pass-a-law-saying-pi-equals-3
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Funkhouser noted that the Indiana House of Representatives once tried to legislate the value of pi, but the Senate let the bill die after Purdue math professor C.A. Waldo explained the idiocy of putting pi into Indiana law.
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It is true that the bill was widely ridiculed in Indiana and other states, but what actually brought about the defeat of the bill is recorded by Prof. C.A. ... ^ This Google search for "legislate value pi" returns more than 25,000 examples, most of which use the phrase to ridicule notions that contradict reality.
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scienticity.net/wiki/Legislating_the_Value_of_Pi
scienticity.net/wiki/Legislating_the_Value_of_Pi
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Nov 5, 1997 ... Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: It has been found that .... So much for the bill regarding the value of \pi. ... about why the Indiana Stae Legislature tried to legislate Pi as 3.2 exactly. ...
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www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/97/pi.bill
www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/known-math/97/pi.bill
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporter Todd Bishop embraces and extends the paper's regular Microsoft coverage with this online journal. ... But the chief executive, speaking to customers and journalists, told them the last time Microsoft tried to simplify its licensing, customer satisfaction "plummeted" for two years.
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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/microsoft/
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People like to think it gives them some idea of the value of their home, but does that have much validity? In reality, these numbers only give you some idea of the health of the real estate market. ... Individual agents have tried to pressure banks. The government has tried to pressure banks. It's simply not working.
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blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/
blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/realestate/
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In arriving at their conclusion that a pimp provides more value than a real estate agent, ... The first three to answer were agents--from other states no less. [Edit: ... I like to read The Last Page first. This month's article made me think of many of you, here in our little PI real estate neighborhood. I gotta admit:
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blog.seattlepi.com/realestate/
blog.seattlepi.com/realestate/
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None even exist off the shores of the United States because they are not competitive. ... Apart from the auto-launching pre-roll ad—I tried and failed to pull this off DVR myself—not too shabby: I got two sound bites, the final conclusion restated in the reporter’s words, and some hilarious B-roll which is clearly the...
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www.blogpi.net/
www.blogpi.net/
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As a final note, while the ALabama legislature never attempted to legislate the value of pi, the state of Indiana did. In 1897, House Bill No. 246 tried to legislate, among other things, the value of pi to be 3.2 exactly.
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komplexify.com/epsilon/2009/02/02/slice-of-pi/
komplexify.com/epsilon/2009/02/02/slice-of-pi/
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