Happy Pi Day!

Yoni · March 14, 2003, 02:18 AM

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.

Thing · March 14, 2003, 02:48 AM

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?

Yoni · March 14, 2003, 03:14 AM

QuoteHey 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?

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.)

QuoteAlso, how many digits has Pi been calculated to?

Many. (The world record set by the Computer Centre in the University of Tokyo is 206.1 billion digits.)

iago · March 14, 2003, 05:34 AM

I know I'll be celebrating at 3/14 1:59:26.53!

Naem · March 14, 2003, 05:46 AM

QuoteClick here to read this post in Hebrew.

Eww, everything is RTL.. even my scrollbar is on the left!

Zakath · March 14, 2003, 12:08 PM

Hmm...mine was still on the right.

iago · March 14, 2003, 01:53 PM

QuoteHmm...mine was still on the right.

Get a newer version of ie. Or just get ie. :-)

Zakath · March 15, 2003, 09:03 AM

Ewwwww, IE

Nothx.

warz · March 15, 2003, 10:26 AM

What's wrong with internet explorer? I like it.

MrRaza · March 15, 2003, 10:32 AM

Nothing is horribly wrong with it at all. Its better than most out there and best of all its free.

Yoni · March 15, 2003, 11:00 AM

QuoteNothing is horribly wrong with it at all. Its better than most out there and best of all its free.

I wouldn't say it's free. You need Windows to run it.

Thing · March 15, 2003, 04:40 PM

QuoteI wouldn't say it's free. You need Windows to run it.

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

I don't think you'll ever see it ported to Linux though

Skywing · March 16, 2003, 05:37 PM

QuoteYou can run it on a Mac. http://www.microsoft.com/mac/download/

I don't think you'll ever see it ported to Linux though

From the IE about box:

QuoteUnix version contains software licensed from Mainsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1998-1999 Mainsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Mainsoft is a trademark of Mainsoft Corporation.

Yoni · March 21, 2003, 09:59 AM

Hebrew Win2k screenshot - taken on my sister's computer

tA-Kane · March 21, 2003, 11:51 AM

QuoteHebrew Win2k screenshot - taken on my sister's computer

Except for the URL in that window, it just looks like the screen has been horizontally flipped.

Happy Pi Day!

Naem

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