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Martin
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Who first discovered pi?
Pi has been around for quite some time now. Four thousand years ago people discovered that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter was about 3. In nature people saw circles, great and small, and they realized that this ratio was an important tool. This tool was used by the Babylonians and the Egyptians. Reference is made to the concept of pi in the Bible. The Chinese found a value of pi that stood for one thousand years.
This image will make it a bit clearer:
A scientist named Ptolemy found equal to 377/120 which was equal to 3.1416.
A scientist named Euler adopted the symbol for pi (which I can't type here) in 1737.
And how many places can we identify it to now?
With the help of computers pi has been taken to over 6 billion places.
Keep 'em coming!
Cheers, Martin
Pi has been around for quite some time now. Four thousand years ago people discovered that the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter was about 3. In nature people saw circles, great and small, and they realized that this ratio was an important tool. This tool was used by the Babylonians and the Egyptians. Reference is made to the concept of pi in the Bible. The Chinese found a value of pi that stood for one thousand years.
This image will make it a bit clearer:
A scientist named Ptolemy found equal to 377/120 which was equal to 3.1416.
A scientist named Euler adopted the symbol for pi (which I can't type here) in 1737.
And how many places can we identify it to now?
With the help of computers pi has been taken to over 6 billion places.
Keep 'em coming!
Cheers, Martin
Martin
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How many Norwegian civilians (approx.) were killed during the Second World War?
When the costs of the Second World War were estimated in Norway, the tally showed that 10,262 Norwegians had been killed, including 3,670 seamen. The Germans had executed 366 and tortured 39 to death. Among political prisoners and members of the underground, 658 died at home and 1,433 abroad. About 6,000 Norwegians had served the German war cause, and 709 of them had fallen in battle.
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When the costs of the Second World War were estimated in Norway, the tally showed that 10,262 Norwegians had been killed, including 3,670 seamen. The Germans had executed 366 and tortured 39 to death. Among political prisoners and members of the underground, 658 died at home and 1,433 abroad. About 6,000 Norwegians had served the German war cause, and 709 of them had fallen in battle.
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Stewart
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Okay, can you quote a source on that one? I have the answer at approx 7,000 (a whole thousand of a difference )
Anyway; translate:
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
Ut sint vina proxima morientis ori.
Tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
'Sit Deus propositus huic potatori.'
)Anyway; translate:
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
Ut sint vina proxima morientis ori.
Tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
'Sit Deus propositus huic potatori.'
Martin
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Source:
Odin; Norway and World War Two
Translation:
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
Ut sint vina proxima morientis ori.
Tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
'Sit Deus propositus huic potatori.'
I propose to die in a tavern,
so that wine may be near my mouth as I die.
Then choruses of angels will happily sing:
"may god be kind to this drinker."
Cheers, Martin
Odin; Norway and World War Two
Translation:
Meum est propositum in taberna mori,
Ut sint vina proxima morientis ori.
Tunc cantabunt letius angelorum chori:
'Sit Deus propositus huic potatori.'
I propose to die in a tavern,
so that wine may be near my mouth as I die.
Then choruses of angels will happily sing:
"may god be kind to this drinker."
Cheers, Martin
Martin
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Set design for Mamontov's production of The Snow Maiden in 1881?
I think you will find that The Snow Maiden, performed in 1881-82, was a production of Nikolay Rimsky-korsakov.
The Berendeyevka Sloboda (who or whatever that may be) did the set design for Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden, 1881-82, in the Abramtsevo museum, Moscow.
Cheers, Martin
I think you will find that The Snow Maiden, performed in 1881-82, was a production of Nikolay Rimsky-korsakov.
The Berendeyevka Sloboda (who or whatever that may be) did the set design for Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's opera The Snow Maiden, 1881-82, in the Abramtsevo museum, Moscow.
Cheers, Martin
Martin
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Back to Pi for a sec:
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5 1 0 5 8 2 0 9 7 4 9 4 4 5 9 2 3 0 7 8 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 6 2 0 8 9 9 8 6 2 8 0 3 4 8 2 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 0 6 7 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 8 6 5 1 3 2 8 2 3 0 6 6 4 7 0 9 3 8 4 4 6 0 9 5 5 0 5 8 2 2 3 1 7 2 5 3 5 9 4 0 8 1 2 8 4 8 1 1 1 7 4 5 0 2 8 4 1 0 2 7 0 1 9 3 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 5 5 9 6 4 4 6 2 2 9 4 8 9 5 4 9 3 0 3 8 1 9 6 4 4 2 8 8 1 0 9 7 5 6 6 5 9 3 3 4 4 6 1 2 8 4 7 5 6 4 8 2 3 3 7 8 6 7 8 3 1 6 5 2 7 1 2 0 1 . . .
I could go on, I have several million digits.
Cheers, Martin
3 . 1 4 1 5 9 2 6 5 3 5 8 9 7 9 3 2 3 8 4 6 2 6 4 3 3 8 3 2 7 9 5 0 2 8 8 4 1 9 7 1 6 9 3 9 9 3 7 5 1 0 5 8 2 0 9 7 4 9 4 4 5 9 2 3 0 7 8 1 6 4 0 6 2 8 6 2 0 8 9 9 8 6 2 8 0 3 4 8 2 5 3 4 2 1 1 7 0 6 7 9 8 2 1 4 8 0 8 6 5 1 3 2 8 2 3 0 6 6 4 7 0 9 3 8 4 4 6 0 9 5 5 0 5 8 2 2 3 1 7 2 5 3 5 9 4 0 8 1 2 8 4 8 1 1 1 7 4 5 0 2 8 4 1 0 2 7 0 1 9 3 8 5 2 1 1 0 5 5 5 9 6 4 4 6 2 2 9 4 8 9 5 4 9 3 0 3 8 1 9 6 4 4 2 8 8 1 0 9 7 5 6 6 5 9 3 3 4 4 6 1 2 8 4 7 5 6 4 8 2 3 3 7 8 6 7 8 3 1 6 5 2 7 1 2 0 1 . . .
I could go on, I have several million digits.
Cheers, Martin
Martin
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Beatrycze:
Good question, but it has to be something that is actually a known fact. I assume that nobody knows how many times the verb hay is used in the Spanish tranlation of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. It's like asking how many grains of sand there are on Omaha beach.
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Good question, but it has to be something that is actually a known fact. I assume that nobody knows how many times the verb hay is used in the Spanish tranlation of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. It's like asking how many grains of sand there are on Omaha beach.
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Cheers, Martin
Martin! More questions for you!
Have you ever danced in the pale moonlight?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
If a mime dies in a forest, will anybody care?
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us? trying to find his way back home?
What is meaning of life?
Have a go at them lol
Regards
SillyWabbit
Have you ever danced in the pale moonlight?
What is the sound of one hand clapping?
If a mime dies in a forest, will anybody care?
What if God was one of us? Just a slob like one of us? trying to find his way back home?
What is meaning of life?
Have a go at them lol
Regards
SillyWabbit
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