? – that’s supposed to be the symbol for pi, in case it doesn’t display properly in your browser. If you are not interested in Maths or memory tricks, you probably remember it as 22/7, or maybe 3.14?
What is today’s date? 14th March, which when written in the American way, is 3.14, which is why today is Pi Day. I remember reading a long time ago that a US state (Indiana?) almost enacted a law defining pi as 3, because it would make calculations easier! You will also find rumours online that the law was proposed due to a quote from the bible that taken literally would have given pi a value of 3 (Kings 7.23).
Anyway, head on over to this article for some more info to wow your friends with :snigger:
March 15th, 2008 11:39 pm
Actually, the attempt of redefining 3.14159265358… to be equal 3 was an April Fool’s day, AFAIR.
And you have a question mark hard-coded in the source of your page. No wonder one can’t see a proper Greek letter with any browser. Guess your software rejects anything but Latin-1.
March 15th, 2008 11:41 pm
s/April Fool’s day/April Fool’s day joke/
March 16th, 2008 12:30 am
The April fools day joke was I believe a faked report on a RECENT attempt to redefine pi. However, if you go back to 1897 you’ll find the Indiana house of representatives passed the bill, but it was blocked at the state senate level. http://www.snopes.com/religion/pi.asp
? – wonder if that symbol will work this time?
March 16th, 2008 12:33 am
? – that’ll do, its close enough 😉
March 16th, 2008 12:36 am
I barely can believe this. :0
Have you tried π or π?
March 16th, 2008 12:38 am
hmmm.
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wonder if those will appear as question marks as well?
March 16th, 2008 12:40 am
My π and π were typed as π and π, respectively.