value of pi and 22/7

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Wildman <best_lay at yahoo.com>:

> As you can see, a stone had to be cut, transported and put in place
> every 6 minutes 24 hours a day for 23 years. And if the stone count
> was actually 2.4 million, the time would be reduced to 5 minutes per
> stone. All I can say is wow!

It probably means mostly that the Nile produced enough grain to feed a
lot more people than were needed to till the land. Feudal ownership
produced public works and a working economy. Nowadays, very few people
are needed to till the land, but so far the farmers have been content
with the amenities and gadgets provided by the industry.

It has somewhat similarly been shown how the slave trade of the 17th
century was generated by maize, which was introduced to West Africa. The
soil produced vastly more people, which the local warlords sold to
European slave traders.


Marko