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  • OT: Happy Pi Day!

    From android@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 17:19:23 2017
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    It's international pi day today. Pi is a constant and is 3.14xxxxxx. it
    has a ewide usage and should celebrated as much as anything worldly!

    Some resort to pizza or another form of pi(e) but I have replaced it
    with a couple of "semlor" since it's a tuesday in the feasting season
    and they could look like pi(e)s from above!

    Sooo... Happy Pi Day!!! :-))

    <https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semla>
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  • From android@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 14 19:00:40 2017
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    In article <oa9918$grh$2@dont-email.me>, Neil <neil@myplaceofwork.com>
    wrote:

    On 3/14/2017 12:29 PM, David B. wrote:

    Song from π!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-x3pUcdeo

    Enjoy! :-)

    Almost cute, but I had to leave when he claimed that the Pi symbol was introduced in the 1700s by some European. It put the rest of his piece
    in perspective for me.

    According to the major wiki it has been used by since the ancient
    Egyptians with the approximation 22/7 and it's still an approximation
    but much more narrow.

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Antiquity>

    The Greek letter Pi was introduced as a symbol for it by some Welch, not
    Raquel in 1709:

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Adoption_of_the_symbol_.CF.80>
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  • From David B.@21:1/5 to Neil on Wed Mar 15 11:31:39 2017
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    On 14/03/2017 17:27, Neil wrote:
    On 3/14/2017 12:29 PM, David B. wrote:

    Song from π!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-x3pUcdeo

    Enjoy! :-)

    Almost cute, but I had to leave when he claimed that the Pi symbol was introduced in the 1700s by some European. It put the rest of his piece
    in perspective for me.

    I'm sure it was just intended as a bit of fun! ;-)

    Did anyone else watch the video clip, I wonder.

    A comment from a musician would be good!

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