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Everyone working with PI deals with approximations.
(Also, 22/7 is 3.1428, so no less exact than March 14th as an approximation).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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Why don't fractions work there ?
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OK, I give up, what is the answer?
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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Ahem: π
Software Zen: delete this;
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Just realised that today is one over Pi day there
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There are not 14 months in a year.
(There are 13 if you go to Ethiopia).
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Obscurum per obscurius.
Ad astra per alas porci.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur .
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DecemberAgain - that way you get two Christmases.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I was reminded of it this afternoon, when I glanced at the car clock just as I was getting out. 3.14 pm, of course.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Dalek Dave wrote: for all those people on the planet who are not US Citizens.
Don't worry. Our borders are open to anyone. Anyone illegal that is. Come join us. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Well, next year the colonies will have the most accurate pi day. 3-14-15
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Do you mean 2015-03-14 ?
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Q: Why don't Romans find Algebra challenging?
A: Because X is always 10.
I will get my coat now.
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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I am not quite sure what you mean... But they must be good at counting in binary, at any rate! 
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Agent__007 wrote: I will get my coat now.
Promise?
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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OriginalGriff wrote: Promise?
Yes I do, but only until tomorrow. 
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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Where's me superglue...
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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In Luton.
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Damn! I knew I'd left it somewhere!
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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So, that was you then! 
Calling Mr. Dalek...
Whether I think I can, or think I can't, I am always bloody right!
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What if more variables available like y or z or ...
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