>>>I remember when a bill was introduced in the Indiana state legislature to make math easier for students by making pi = 3.0
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>>Apparently that was 1897:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill>>
>>If you remember that, just *how* old are you? < g >
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>All right Charles, your secret is out, fess up about the time machine now.
I believe the correct name, according to Professor Peabody, is "the wayback machine"
Charles Hankey
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