[OT] Ban is grandfather

[Terry Pinnell]

Mike Monett <no@spam.com> wrote:

Jonathan Westhues wrote:

"Mike Monett" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:42832148.2CB5@spam.com..
It even does

169.5 ! = 5.56209241 × 10^305

I didn't know you could take the factorial of a decimal number!

The gamma function interpolates between the factorials:

http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Miscellaneous/gammaFunction.html

Jonathan

Thanks, Jonathan. Nice site!

Mike Monett

Seconded. But I'm puzzled why you don't use the familiar symbol for pi
on the page
http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/constants.html
"The constant p (Greek letter pi) is, classically, defined as the
ratio of the circumference p of a circle to its diameter d:" etc

--
Terry Pinnell
Hobbyist, West Sussex, UK

 

[Pooh Bear]

Jim Thompson wrote:

On Wed, 11 May 2005 07:52:57 GMT, "Ban" <bansuri@web.de> wrote:

Guy, I know it is boring and off topic.
My eldest daughter Sarah has had a boy tonight. 4500g, natural birth. His
name is "Leonard Valentin von Roon".

Congratulations! Welcome to the club! I have SIX grandchildren, from
age 4 to age 16.

4500g... that's one big kid!

I was tempted to convert to US 'short tons' but I can't bring myself to be
that mean.

Certainly a big lad.

Graham

 

[Jonathan Westhues]

"Mike Monett" <no@spam.com> wrote in message news:42832D04.DDB@spam.com...

http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Miscellaneous/gammaFunction.html

Thanks, Jonathan. Nice site!

Oops, misleading; that is not my site. I like it though, very good trivia:

http://numbers.computation.free.fr/Constants/Sqrt2/sqrt2.html

Jonathan

 

[Mark Fergerson]

Ban wrote:

Guy, I know it is boring and off topic.

Nobody's elected him moderator.

My eldest daughter Sarah has had a boy tonight. 4500g, natural birth. His
name is "Leonard Valentin von Roon".

Congratulations, welcome to Grandparenting!

It's so much better than mere Parenting... ;&gt

Mark L. Fergerson

 

[Jim Thompson]

On Thu, 12 May 2005 11:41:36 -0700, Mark Fergerson <nunya@biz.ness>
wrote:

Ban wrote:
Guy, I know it is boring and off topic.

Nobody's elected him moderator.

My eldest daughter Sarah has had a boy tonight. 4500g, natural birth. His
name is "Leonard Valentin von Roon".

Congratulations, welcome to Grandparenting!

It's so much better than mere Parenting... ;&gt

Mark L. Fergerson

Yep, When they barf or dump in their diaper, you just hand them back
to the parent ;-)

...Jim Thompson
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