My Pi Challenge

[Eudaimonist]

That's your problem then, as far as I'm concerned.

It's your problem's problem, as far as logic, language, and reality are concerned. I can see that you're not troubled by such things.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Jazer]

Gojira (aka Godzilla)(1954)
Godzilla Raids Again(1955)
Godzilla King of the Monsters (1956)
Gigantis the Fire Monster (1959)
King Kong vs Godzilla (1962)
Mothra vs Godzilla (1964)
Ghidrah the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
Monster Zero (1965)
Godzilla vs The Sea Monster (1966)
Son of Godzilla (1967)
Destroy All Monsters (1968)
Godzilla's Revenge (1969)
Godzilla vs The Smog Monster (1971)
Godzilla vs Gigan (1972)
Godzilla vs Megalon (1973)
Godzilla vs The Cosmic Monster (1974)
Terror of MechaGodzilla (1975)
Godzilla 1985 (1985)
Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)
Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)
Godzilla vs Mothra (1992)
Godzilla vs MechaGodzilla (1993)
Godzilla vs Space Godzilla (1994)
Godzilla vs Destroyah (1995)
Godzilla 2000 (1999)
Godzilla vs Megaguirus (2000)
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001)
Godzilla X Mechagodzilla (2002)
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S (2003)
Godzilla: Final Wars (2004)

 

[Tiberius]

You have an ellipse 30 feet in circumference and 10 feet in diameter.

My point is: My OP stands as written.

Stands as written? So why are you now adding the claim that the basin is an ellipse when your OP never said that? I guess it doesn't stand as written after all!

And for the record, whether it is minor or major, does that change the answer?

Yes it does.

So unless you specify, there could be any number of answers.

In any case, if you are now claiming that the basin is an ellipse, your question becomes meaningless, as pi only applies to CIRCLES.

 

[AV1611VET]

So unless you specify, there could be any number of answers.

Wrong -- there is only one answer to my OP, and Incariol nailed it in Post 2.

 

[Nostromo]

You know the value of pi, why the daft question?

 

[Belk]

Care to explain how then, in the very next post, Incariol got it spot-on; yet you deemed it necessary to invoke a 'squared circle'?

I suspect your problem is not one of misunderstanding terminology -- (which I also clarified with links) -- but one of a desire to vent some pent-up feeling towards God's people.

I could be wrong though.

By guessing you where using terms incorrectly since that is what you normally do? I could be wrong, however.

 

[Tiberius]

Wrong -- there is only one answer to my OP, and Incariol nailed it in Post 2.

Then your OP makes no sense as pi applies to circles only.

 

[AV1611VET]

Then your OP makes no sense as pi applies to circles only.

Good, I'm glad to hear that.

(For those of you who think the Bible says Pi = 3, you need to read this.)

 

[Belk]

Good, I'm glad to hear that.

(For those of you who think the Bible says Pi = 0, you need to read this.)

Pssst... It's Pi=3. Just FYI.

 

[AV1611VET]

Pssst... It's Pi=3. Just FYI.

-- thank you -- check your reps.

 

[pgp_protector]

Ug Pi
right now I'm sick of it

Working on a new project, and trying to calculate the angle of probes that are scrubbing onto pads about5 mills, so I have to calculate the offset by the pad, ring radius, ect.
Now it turns out the Ring Pad Data isn't even normalized, and I'me going to have to re code that section so the the calculated pad 1 lines up with the drawn pad 1.

 

[AV1611VET]

Ug Pi
right now I'm sick of it

Working on a new project, and trying to calculate the angle of probes that are scrubbing onto pads about5 mills, so I have to calculate the offset by the pad, ring radius, ect.
Now it turns out the Ring Pad Data isn't even normalized, and I'me going to have to re code that section so the the calculated pad 1 lines up with the drawn pad 1.

Just stick an O-ring on it, and if it fails, blame administration.

 

[Jazer]

You know the value of pi

We can get them here for about 5 bucks. I guess the day of 3 dollar pi's is long gone.

 

[Tiberius]

AV, a question for you. I draw an ellipse that from left to right is 5 inches and from top to bottom is 2 inches. What is its diameter?

 

[AV1611VET]

AV, a question for you. I draw an ellipse that from left to right is 5 inches and from top to bottom is 2 inches. What is its diameter?

I don't know.

I'll take a guess and say 5 inches?

 

[Tiberius]

Alright. Now I show you another ellipse. This one from left to right is five inches, and from top to bottom is 4 inches. What is the diameter of this second ellipse?

 

[AV1611VET]

Alright. Now I show you another ellipse. This one from left to right is five inches, and from top to bottom is 4 inches. What is the diameter of this second ellipse?

5 inches -- hey, this is easy!

Although I feel I'm contributing to you talking yourself out of understanding 1 Kings 7:23, I get the feeling that's one of the least of your misunderstandings.

 

[Tiberius]

Okay, so since the two ellipses have the same diameter (five inches), please use the value of pi to determine the circumference of the two ellipses. Please show your working.

 

[hasone]

You have a wash basin with the following dimensions:

1. It's circumference is 30.000 feet.
2. It's diameter is 10.000 feet.

What is Pi?

If I'm not mistaken, there is only one answer to the question which is not dependent on the information previously given in the quote- pi is a number approximately given by 3.1415926535.

If the given information seems impossible, this can be resolved by paying careful attention to the language and noticing that the common or immediate interpretation, that an impossible geometric figure is being described, is not the only one. It's possible to avoid the issue through a different interpretation of the language.

Am I correct here? Is this the point?

edit: woah thread necromancy

 

[razeontherock]

My austere contribution to this thread:

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