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Michael Richardson <mcr+ietf@sandelman.ca> Thu, 14 March 2013 15:01 UTC

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Subject: Re: [86attendees] Pie?
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>>>>> "Stephane" == Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer+ietf@nic.fr> writes:
    >> That we wound up with pi which is the ratio of the circumference
    >> to the diameter was a mistake.
    >> 
    >> If you're not already aware of this, read the Tau Manifesto

    Stephane> I'm not sure it has practical consequences for the
    Stephane> IETF. Is there even one RFC which uses the number Pi? 
    Stephane> ("pi" in RFC 2865 is a different beast)

As the earth is round, and the oceans are therefore curved, it affects
our ability to boil the oceans.


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