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Thread #82811   Message #1518732
Posted By: Bunnahabhain
09-Jul-05 - 03:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Free falling
Subject: RE: BS: Free falling
There are only a few of these important irrational numbers that stupid folk, and schoolboards or state legislators run into very often.

Most of them are hidden away under plain names, such as e,i, h, and G, so Kansas will never notice how untidy they are. The speed of light, c, is fairly much immune to rounding, unless you're from a country that thinks science in imperial units is a good idea.....