From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MIME_QP_LONG_LINE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26736 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2021 23:58:49 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 6 Mar 2021 23:58:49 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 100FA9CA8E; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:58:48 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C252E9CA6D; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:58:31 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="YJa5sntd"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id AC2E89CA6D; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:58:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f176.google.com (mail-oi1-f176.google.com [209.85.167.176]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 60D8D9CA6B for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:58:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f176.google.com with SMTP id q203so7007839oih.5 for ; Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:58:25 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=iitbombay-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=content-transfer-encoding:from:mime-version:subject:date:message-id :references:in-reply-to:to; bh=DMh6Lmn5fHHev28ngK6zYL/s0qKsiZAW8o4FGtnvHFA=; b=YJa5sntdDuJgtR0EZ0LZhn/V08xqMqbTL9NsR8iBnH8qIM2K9egWG3mvU2sQKI3+kX OECGIR2p15aPukL10RtRPCTF/wFdmMykUo2cG2Fajf8PLK31EcLT9BVtxgdBTmBlRj/n f4MpFGkgMPm6VRN0t7BrADNH3DpIgKqZ4cP0cwITDT0Hxf47/xaMSDOa8c5qXMtzlXRs ZJJ2JbsyxPZbPqqbbwRuoZPfTtVnyiVmzSn5HkJ4Ro0+k3/szcnC1rJwywc1/on+74VJ JgtfBETDk+VHTGxyW/o+xGFeTwxM5dX1q0FrEvzNbFKKBlOE33FZ15pY2IsrySaOM54F irMg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:content-transfer-encoding:from:mime-version :subject:date:message-id:references:in-reply-to:to; bh=DMh6Lmn5fHHev28ngK6zYL/s0qKsiZAW8o4FGtnvHFA=; b=UxCZ1Azev5i9D7j9PlHSOx4o9tjes4w0rojEn4s5cmgBcoDAjlebwYas7LIQuTJ26S ka5dgheh0n1r7cSNXM/o5NtoVo2eJQAPXdjcohV3VgyTlAf37dt52QMk1fAoQ4K3YEFt VFzSsxBT0jDeoV7wPDyhtlv77fdZ5cJqBBSu1gmunBg8R5ByOZm4G/YFCXIx+r2ph2hH 2LR4h1zVu+xPgegb8PINH1xKTL8BV6XOONeFPzDhDBVHwBRW/V+9rUUzPnLMoqzftWEF JvQwVOHElveUDqeZdFb85QEWtIRYdhthCMB37DdrgKFjjN18Y3NuXwjcPcpOsguyRRKq UBIQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533ZHtQf1lHzZyk00q8qx7c26d44EnYfRfuGAibIzLTV8DpwZv/c DNYAuRZRdFSHP156Ah+H+KfiK7JzgBvr8w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGUnqpZobOl7ZIV0k3AFTsy2MV20HH4HFtyX+CViMQ8iMuD01OqQ92+3AfyTo6UXqQw2tQqA== X-Received: by 2002:aca:4bc5:: with SMTP id y188mr2162595oia.136.1615075104319; Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:58:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.110] (172-125-77-130.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net. [172.125.77.130]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id z8sm1466947oon.10.2021.03.06.15.58.23 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Sat, 06 Mar 2021 15:58:23 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-A16025CA-2837-416B-9BFA-C100D51B0081 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bakul Shah Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 15:58:21 -0800 Message-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailer: iPad Mail (18D52) Subject: Re: [TUHS] tabs vs spaces - entab, detab X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail-A16025CA-2837-416B-9BFA-C100D51B0081 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mar 6, 2021, at 1:22 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: >=20 > =EF=BB=BFOn Thu, 4 Mar 2021, Andy Kosela wrote: >=20 >> [...] and that is akin to trying to define the value of PI to be 3." >=20 > Urban myth. =46rom the Kings James Bible https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/k/kjv/kjv-idx?type=3DDIV1&byte=3D1392613 1 Kings 7:23=20 > And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it wa= s round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubi= ts did compass it round about. There seem to be various explanations for the above but perhaps it is the ge= nesis of the common =E2=80=9Cdefine the value of pi to be 3=E2=80=9D idea?= --Apple-Mail-A16025CA-2837-416B-9BFA-C100D51B0081 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Mar 6, 2021, at 1:22 PM= , Dave Horsfall <dave@horsfall.org> wrote:

=EF=BB=BFOn Thu, 4 Mar 2021, Andy Kosela wrote:
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[...] and that is akin to tr= ying to define the value of PI to be 3."

Urban myth.

=46rom th= e Kings James Bible
1 Kings 7:23 
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the o= ne brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits= : and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
There seem to be various explanations for the ab= ove but perhaps it is the genesis of the common =E2=80=9Cdefine the value of= pi to be 3=E2=80=9D idea?
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