[Dailydave] P != 3.14

[dan at geer.org]

Hamid,

I shared that with a collector of mathematical triva.

His reply:

> the area of an 82' circle is 5281 sq.ft.,
> because 5281 is pi*41^2 , very nearly.
> as it happens, 82' = 25 m, so this circle
> is also 25 meters across.
> 
> note that this 25m circle is what you get
> when you coil a 1 mile-long cable, 1 foot
> in diameter, in a tight, flat, spiral coil.

Yours in space,

--dan