Subject: RE: how to determine distance from line? [BoundaryPoint] 1542<br/>
Date: Sep 10, 2004 @ 21:06<br/>
Author: Michael Kaufman (Michael Kaufman &lt;mikekaufman79@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-13426628">At least they didn&#39;t have to redo the whole thing.<br/>
Did a real old Windows calculator have it incorrectly<br/>
as 3.141592818?  Mine (from Win ME) gives me pi as<br/>
3.1415926535897932384626433832795.<br/>
-Mike<br/>
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--- Ron McConnell &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:rcmcc@...">rcmcc@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; William Shanks calculated pi to 707 places <br/>
&gt; by hand in 1873-74, but made an error <br/>
&gt; from the 527th place forward. <br/>
&gt; The error wasn&#39;t found until 1945.<br/>
&gt; The &quot;Hall of Fame of Discovery&quot; <br/>
&gt; in Paris had decorated the inside <br/>
&gt; of their cupola with Shanks&#39;s 707 digits.<br/>
&gt; Then, after WWII they had to redo the last 180.<br/>
&gt; The workmen were shaking their heads <br/>
&gt; over the crazy scientists.<br/>
&gt;   <br/>
&gt; <br/>
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