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		verve on March 15, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: No, really, pi is wrong: The Tau Manifesto Yeah, yeah, and degrees are wrong for expressing angles, and steering wheels are wrong for driving cars. Incidentally, there's already a symbol for \tau: 2\pi. Same number of syllables and characters as 14, so what's the problem?

verve on March 15, 2012 | [–]

Why tau, BTW? Why not winnie, after the Wonder Years character portrayed by the eminent mathematician Danica McKellar?

randomibis on March 15, 2012 | [–]

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