From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri Jun 26 16:25:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA25798 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:25:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1.auracom.net (root@mail1.auracom.net [165.154.140.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA25671 for ; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:25:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from arthur@col.auracom.com) Received: from outpost.col.auracom.com (ts2-8.tru.auracom.com [165.154.114.72]) by mail1.auracom.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA06425; Fri, 26 Jun 1998 19:27:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Jun 1998 20:29:38 -0300 (ADT) From: arthur Reply-To: arthur To: David Wolfskill cc: newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Reference: Unix in 20-30 years In-Reply-To: <199806261541.IAA09741@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, 26 Jun 1998, David Wolfskill wrote: > Or, if you just want to burn CPU cycles, there's an algorithm for > summing the reciprocals of the factorials -- works out to be "e" (the > base of natural logarithms, a transcendental irrational number, the > value of which (in decimal) is approximately 2.718281828459045...). I've > calculated it to several thousand decimal places.... :-) > > Cheers, > david > -- > David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator > dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 > ...the above statement alone proves that there are some unix admins that have too much time on their hands due to fact that they are using a most efficient operating system. (tongue firmly planted in cheek) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - arthur@col.auracom.com In a world without fences, is there a need for gates --end-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message