hav@dual.UUCP (Not Sid Vicious) (10/09/85)
=> > "Mathematical Recreations: Pi, e and all that" By Robert T. Kurosaka.
=> > Byte Magazine, September 1985, v10 no.9, P.409
=> >
=> > Credit where credit is due....
=> >
=> > Come on, NO plaguerism even in net.bizarre!
=>
=> Ooooooops! Sorrrrry! No plaguerism intended. Yes, I did see that stuff in
=> BYTE, but I also learned it in calculus class before I read it in BYTE. The
=> idea of that funnel having infinite surface area and finite volume is not
=> new. I posted it on the net for the benefit of those people who do not
=> subscribe to BYTE. I was not aware that posting such well known facts
=> (well known in the area of mathematics, anyway) constituted plaguerism.
=> PLEASE, no flames to my mailbox. I apologize if I have insulted or injured
=> anyone.
=>
=> Don Nash
Plaguerism, eh? Must be bubonic. Must be an unfortunate result of not
PLAGIARIZING enough. Sigh. Better get in touch with Tom Lehrer for the
antidote (I suppose he's one of those not on the USENET) . . . he could
tell you all about Lobachevsky.
Helen Anne
{ucbvax,ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,unisoft,fortune,sun}!dual!hav
"J. Frank Parnell."
"Ott . . . Otto."
"Do you ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?"jsl@princeton.UUCP (Jong Lee) (10/10/85)
> => > "Mathematical Recreations: Pi, e and all that" By Robert T. Kurosaka. > => > Byte Magazine, September 1985, v10 no.9, P.409 > => > > => > Credit where credit is due.... > => > > => > Come on, NO plaguerism even in net.bizarre! > => > => Ooooooops! Sorrrrry! No plaguerism intended. Yes, I did see that stuff in > => BYTE, but I also learned it in calculus class before I read it in BYTE. The > => idea of that funnel having infinite surface area and finite volume is not > => new. I posted it on the net for the benefit of those people who do not > => subscribe to BYTE. I was not aware that posting such well known facts > => (well known in the area of mathematics, anyway) constituted plaguerism. > => PLEASE, no flames to my mailbox. I apologize if I have insulted or injured > => anyone. > => > => Don Nash > > Plaguerism, eh? Must be bubonic. Must be an unfortunate result of not > PLAGIARIZING enough. Sigh. Better get in touch with Tom Lehrer for the > antidote (I suppose he's one of those not on the USENET) . . . he could > tell you all about Lobachevsky. > > Helen Anne > Pardon me, Helen Anne, who/what is Lobachevsky. It seems that I knew this name from somewhen before. > {ucbvax,ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,decwrl,unisoft,fortune,sun}!dual!hav > > "J. Frank Parnell." > "Ott . . . Otto." > "Do you ever feel as if your mind had started to erode?" *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE ***