Re: theory and practice: ying and yang
From: Misha Dorman <misha_at_no_mishapen_spam.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:42:02 +0100
Message-ID: <11ac515jd9htn9a_at_corp.supernews.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:42:02 +0100
Message-ID: <11ac515jd9htn9a_at_corp.supernews.com>
DBMS_Plumber wrote:
> Well - so much for Pi!
>
And what is the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle with
other sides both 1m long?
(There is a fairly simple proof that sqrt(2) is irrational, which reputedly caused Pythagoras/eans -- who were philosophically attached to the integers and rationals -- such conniptions that [t]he[y] murdered someone who "leaked" the news; see e.g. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/mysteryaleph.htm) Received on Tue Jun 07 2005 - 23:42:02 CEST