-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/09/07 17:15, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Wed, May 09, 2007 at 04:58:21PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 05/09/07 10:47, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: >>> Well, since we are getting all scientific, the ratio of the diameter of >>> a circle to its circumference is in fact 3, if all you have is one >>> significant digit, which it appears is all we have from the text. Now, >>> if it said "ten point zero zero cubits" and "five point zero zero >>> cubits" and "thirty point zero zero cubits" then there might be a point >>> in there. >> Shame on you, Roberto. You're too smart to succumb to that sort of >> reasoning in any context other than Biblical Inerrancy. >> >> BTW, the ancient Greeks used the ratio 22/7. >> > Touché. > > s/ratio/quotient/
No, ratio. - From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Ratio \Ra"ti*o\ (r[=a]"sh[i^]*[-o] or r[=a]"sh[-o]), n. [L., fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think, judge. See {Reason}.] 1. (Math.) The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by 3/6 or 1/2; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a. [1913 Webster] - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQk5/S9HxQb37XmcRAu9iAKCjivD5qSSb9Qkan3fBlqz13iXRQwCgz/Qx 8nxNfBRYGuomB3PS7NJ4mFA= =if8U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]