Valhalla Legends Forums Archive | General Discussion | Happy Pi Day!

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Yoni
Today (March 14th, aka 3.14) Pi Day is celebrated throughout the world.
Pi is an irrational transcendental number (approximately 3.14) with deep meaning in geometry, being among other things the ratio between a circle's circumference and its diameter.
There are many formulas and approximations for calculating Pi.

Incidentally, Pi Day also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday, and today he is 124 years old.

Click here to read this post in Hebrew.
March 14, 2003, 8:18 AM
Thing
Hey Yoni, do you have two computers, one for English and one for Hebrew?  Or do you have some type of exotic alt+tab to switch between languages?  Also, how many digits has Pi been calculated to?
March 14, 2003, 8:48 AM
Yoni
[quote]Hey Yoni, do you have two computers, one for English and one for Hebrew?  Or do you have some type of exotic alt+tab to switch between languages?[/quote]
Starting with Win2k, Microsoft added Hebrew to the list of languages supported natively by Windows.
The version of Win2k I use (Win2k Professional) is identical to the one that is sold in USA. (This is unlike Win98, for example, which has a special Hebrew version sold in Israel.)
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My sister's computer does have a special version of Win2k on it though - "Win2k Hebrew Localized". This makes the GUI and everything Hebrew as well. (I'll take a screenshot later.)

[quote]Also, how many digits has Pi been calculated to?[/quote]
Many. (The world record set by the Computer Centre in the University of Tokyo is 206.1 billion digits.)
March 14, 2003, 9:14 AM
iago
I know I'll be celebrating at 3/14 1:59:26.53!
March 14, 2003, 11:34 AM
Naem 
[quote]Click here to read this post in Hebrew.[/quote]

Eww, everything is RTL.. even my scrollbar is on the left!
March 14, 2003, 11:46 AM
Zakath
Hmm...mine was still on the right. ???
March 14, 2003, 6:08 PM
iago
[quote]Hmm...mine was still on the right. ???[/quote]

Get a newer version of ie.  Or just get ie. :-)
March 14, 2003, 7:53 PM
Zakath
Ewwwww, IE

Nothx.
March 15, 2003, 3:03 PM
warz
What's wrong with internet explorer? I like it.
March 15, 2003, 4:26 PM
MrRaza
Nothing is horribly wrong with it at all. Its better than most out there and best of all its free.
March 15, 2003, 4:32 PM
Yoni
[quote]Nothing is horribly wrong with it at all. Its better than most out there and best of all its free.[/quote]
I wouldn't say it's free. You need Windows to run it.
March 15, 2003, 5:00 PM
Thing
[quote]I wouldn't say it's free. You need Windows to run it.[/quote]

You can run it on a Mac. [url]http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/[/url]

I don't think you'll ever see it ported to Linux though  ::)
March 15, 2003, 10:40 PM
Skywing
[quote]

You can run it on a Mac. [url]http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/[/url]

I don't think you'll ever see it ported to Linux though  ::)[/quote]

From the IE about box:
[quote]Unix version contains software licensed from Mainsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Mainsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Mainsoft is a trademark of Mainsoft Corporation.[/quote]
March 16, 2003, 11:37 PM
Yoni
Hebrew Win2k screenshot - taken on my sister's computer
March 21, 2003, 3:59 PM
tA-Kane
[quote]Hebrew Win2k screenshot - taken on my sister's computer[/quote]
Except for the URL in that window, it just looks like the screen has been horizontally flipped.
March 21, 2003, 5:51 PM
St0rm.iD
*bump*
March 1, 2007, 6:51 AM
Myndfyr
[quote author=Banana fanna fo fanna link=topic=14.msg166065#msg166065 date=1172731884]
*bump*
[/quote]

You couldn't wait a couple weeks?

I looked at the topic and thought "it's not pi day...."
March 1, 2007, 3:40 PM
Sixen
[quote author=MyndFyre[vL] link=topic=14.msg166076#msg166076 date=1172763618]
[quote author=Banana fanna fo fanna link=topic=14.msg166065#msg166065 date=1172731884]
*bump*
[/quote]

You couldn't wait a couple weeks?

I looked at the topic and thought "it's not pi day...."
[/quote]

Lawl, I did the same thing... Of course, now it's got me ready for the 14th, :O.
March 6, 2007, 4:56 AM

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