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James Hurley
>
> > My conviction that anything is possible
> > from this list is sustained. (I've been working on squaring the
> > circle. Any ideas anybody?)
>
> What do you mean by "squaring"? If you're trying to morph a circle
> into a
> square, create the circle by starting with a roundrect graphic whose
> roundradius is set to its diameter. When the roundradius of the
> graphic is
> decreased, the circle will become a square.
>
> Maybe this isn't what you're after, but it's one version "squaring".
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
Scott,
Actually, Scott, I was trying to be funny. I get into more trouble
that way.
Squaring the circle was a classic problem for Greek geometers. The
problem was to use only the canonical geometrical tools (compass and
straight edge) to construct a square with the same area as a given
circle. It was all the rage in its day. It was the equivalent in its
day of the present day problem to proving Fermat's last theorem.
Except that that has recently been proven--took over a HUNDRED PAGES.
It was subsequently proven that squaring the circle is impossible. Has
something to do with the fact that pi is a transcendental number and
not simply an irrational number.
But I like your construction. See, I was right. Nothing is past the
skills of the Rev list. Rev should use this in their promotional
material for the new Rev Media. That is at least as important as the
English-like Rev Talk. Let's give it a name: "List Talk"
Jim Hurley
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Mark Wieder
Friday, August 14, 2009, 11:10:33 AM, you wrote:
> something to do with the fact that pi is a transcendental number and
> not simply an irrational number.
Reminds me of my favorite equation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_identity
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Mark Wieder
...and speaking of squaring the circle, I just came across Bradford
Hansen-Smith's work:
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James Hurley
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> Jim-
>
> ...and speaking of squaring the circle, I just came across Bradford
> Hansen-Smith's work:
>
> http://www.wholemovement.com/
>
> --
> -Mark Wieder
> mwi...@ahsoftware.net
Mark,
Amazing work. I used to be able to fold a box. You fold and fold and
eventually blow into a little crease and voila: a Box. Doing these
folds is hypnotic work.
Perhaps a little hyperbole? (No pun intended.) Hanse-Smith wrote:
"Everything that happens in this first is principle to all subsequent
folding of the circle and is basic to the development of mathematics."
Even more hyperbolic for an upcoming program on PBS this week:
"NOVA tells the dramatic story of a group of pioneering mathematicians
who developed fractals from a curiosity that few took seriously to an
approach that is touching nearly every branch of understanding."
Jim Hurley
James Hurley
word games.
The dictionary I found on the web was 120,000 words and was too big.
Not because it was too big a file or too slow but because it had words
that most people never heard of. For example, the anagram words for
"wen" were "new" of course, but also "wen" which according to the
dictionary means:
1. Pathology. a benign encysted tumor of the skin, esp. on the scalp,
containing sebaceous matter; a sebaceous cyst.
2. British. a large, crowded city or a crowded urban district:London
is the great wen of England.
I noticed in the webinar that the dictionary used there is only 60,000
words, probably a better size for my needs.
Anybody know if there is a "free" dictionary of that size available
for download?
Mark Schonewille
On Mac OS X and Linux, you will find a dictionary in /usr/share/dict/
words.
You should be able to find dictionaries on the 'net, using your
favorite search engine.
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Best regards,
Mark Schonewille
Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering
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