Pi and the Lottery.

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justxploring — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 08:28:27 GMT

I've read computers can now list billions of digits, but I stop at 3.14159. I prefer a slice of pi with a dollop of whipped cream. So what exactly is a dollop? :-) Someone asked me to explain a dollop once and I said it's a lump. How big a lump? So I answered, well it's a lump that looks like the right size on whatever you put it on. :-)

A physicist at Purdue did a study of Pi and random number generators and came to the conclusion that there is no regular pattern to it.

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Coin Toss — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:03:42 GMT

Well, here's something:

Alabama Changes the Value of Pi

TheApril 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newslettercontained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature hadvoted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0. Before long the article had made itsway onto the internet, and then it rapidly made its way around theworld, forwarded by people in their email. It only became apparent howfar the article had spr... [ More ]

Pi and the Lottery.

Amazing Grace — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:16:00 GMT

Here we go once again, another Theory

And another theory on Pi at that.

Its true pi is in direct portion to everything in life,

including the lottery, the Holy Grail? Maybe

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