pi

[Panza, Robin]

Oh, I love it!  Not only is pi being redefined, but it's being copyrighted!!
What will they think of next?

Pardon me while I go giggle awhile.

Robin (little)

Robin K Panza                          panzar at carnegiemuseums.org
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-----Original Message-----

Beckman cannot support these stories but  relates in great detail [all 5
pages]
 how one state legislature tried in 1897 to  introduce a bill [House Bill
246,
January 18, 1897] which would accurately define Pi and that the state had
sole
 rights to its use which implies others would have to pay to use this exact
definition.
The state, by the way, was Indiana and a copy of the bill is in its
archives.

Jim Bass