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   Message 21,161 of 21,759   
   Tom Del Rosso to Sylvia Else   
   Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that co   
   04 May 25 12:12:04   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   Sylvia Else wrote:   
   > On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:   
   >> Sylvia Else wrote:   
   >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo   
   >>   
   >> But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?   
   >>   
   >>   
   > Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each   
   > time. If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits   
   > would be of Pi in base 9.   
      
   Yeah, I hadn't watched it for a long time, but I just realized that as   
   soon as I started to review it.   
      
      
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