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From: bcs@wasp.eng.ufl.edu (Bradley C. Spatz)
Newsgroups: comp.compression
Subject: Re: Program for Calculating PI
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Date: 7 Apr 91 23:15:30 GMT
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>Well, when I was a kid, I found one really great use for computing pi.  I'd go
>into the local computer stores (apple dealers & radio shack, especially) and 
>type a simple program for computing pi into any computer that was booted up
>with basic at the time.  I usually tried to compute it to several million
>decimal places, though.  After a bit, the computers would start to run out of
>memory and crash.
>
>It's fun to watch computer salespeople who know nothing about their products
>try to cope as their "wonderful systems" begin to crash as they're making
>their sales pitch.

Hey, Doug, how about "coping" with your small penis somewhere else, eh?

This group, by the way, is alt.compression.

Later.
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Bradley C. Spatz                                        Internet:  bcs@ufl.edu
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