On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:58:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 05/09/07 10:47, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > > > Well, since we are getting all scientific, the ratio of the diameter of > > a circle to its circumference is in fact 3, if all you have is one > > significant digit, which it appears is all we have from the text. Now, > > if it said "ten point zero zero cubits" and "five point zero zero > > cubits" and "thirty point zero zero cubits" then there might be a point > > in there. > > Shame on you, Roberto. You're too smart to succumb to that sort of > reasoning in any context other than Biblical Inerrancy. > > BTW, the ancient Greeks used the ratio 22/7. > Touché.
s/ratio/quotient/ Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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