Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!abvax!iccgcc!herrickd From: herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: PI Message-ID: <2486.276dfd25@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Date: 18 Dec 90 16:27:33 GMT References: <1942@beguine.UUCP> <1990Dec17.150257.3890@phri.nyu.edu> <2473.276cffce@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> <2481.276de257@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> Lines: 28 In article <2481.276de257@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (daniel lance herrick) writes: > In article <2473.276cffce@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>, I said >> >> e is 2 . 1828 1828 45 90 45 ... >> >> That's the part that has the simple mnemonic structure. You have to >> memorize something to remember more. >> > One of the things you have to memorize is that there is a 7 in there, > try > > e is 2 . 7 1828 1828 45 90 45 ... >> > still, even with egg on my face, >> dan herrick >> herrickd@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com When I admitted my gaffe here, someone passed this along to me: How I wish I could recapture pi.... Eureka! cried the great inventor. Christmas pudding, Christmas pie Is at the problem's very center. [Hint: number of letters in each word mean something. ]