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From: JW
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 1996 00:00

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Danny Bersch wrote:

(SNIP)

Sure, you can define the greek letter pi to be whatever you like.  The
MEANING of pi (the ratio of the circumference to the diameter), however,
has a single constant value, which is immutable.  The ratio of the
circumference to the diameter of a circle is always the same.  You're
arguing about symmantics.  Sure, we could have represented the number 1
by an "a", but that does not change the value of the concept of 1.

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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/13
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