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Hello all:
Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu> wrote:
{snip}
Now I know we chat about some mighty significant ideas...but what about
this one!!! Scares the h... out of me.
Forwarded from another list:
HUNTSVILLE, Ala.-NASA engineers and mathematicians in this high-tech
city are stunned and infuriated after the Alabama state legislature
narrowly passed a law yesterday redefining pi, a mathematical constant
used in the aerospace industry. The bill to change the value of pi to
exactly three was introduced without fanfare by Leonard Lee Lawson (R,
Crossville), and rapidly gained support after a letter-writing
campaign by members of the Solomon Society, a traditional values
group. Governor Guy Hunt says he will sign it into law today.
The law took the state's engineering community by surprise. "It would
have been nice if they had consulted with someone who actually uses
pi," said Marshall Bergman, a manager at the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization. According to Bergman, pi is a Greek letter that
{transparent drivel snipped}
If you go to
http://www.legislature.state.al.us/index.html
and poke around a bit, you will find that:
1. the governor of Alabama is Forrest "Fob" James, Jr.
2. there is no "Leonard Lee Lawson" in either the Alabama State
House of Representatives or Senate.
So, Joseph, you either (a) owe me a six-pack for catching your prank,
or (b) owe me a six-pack for catching your mistake.
You may choose which. :-)
Regards,
John