value of pi and 22/7

[Stefan Behnel]

Sherm Pendley, 18.03.2011 14:46:
> Stefan Behnel writes:
>
>> Neil Cerutti, 18.03.2011 13:17:
>>> On 2011-03-18, peter<peter.mosley at talk21.com>   wrote:
>>>> The Old Testament (1 Kings 7,23) says ... "And he made a molten
>>>> sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round
>>>> all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty
>>>> cubits did compass it round about. ".  So pi=3.  End Of.
>>>
>>> RIIIIIIght.  What's a cubit?
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubit
>>
>> I think that particular author of that particular part of the bible
>> just used it to make the text appear older than it was at the time.
>
> Sigh. Doesn't *anyone* know Cosby any more? Kids today, no appreciation
> for the classics. :-(

And what about Heinz Erhardt? *That's* a classic.

Stefan