Re: Constants you cannot help but remember

Here's what popped out while I was waiting for the tea to brew:

1440 -- number of minutes in 24 hours
65536 -- 2^16
256 -- 2^8
1024 -- 2^10
1.41459(?) It's been a while since I needed to do geometrical transformations.
360 degrees = 2pi rad
Not exactly a numberic constant, but the size of the standard 80 column Holerith Card is the same size of a dollar bill at the turn of the 19th century.

If I dredged a bit, I might be able to come up with some of the interest rate conversion factors I was using when I worked for a bank back in the 80's. But I'd rather not. It's amazing the amount of 'trivia' you remember that is actually important in context. Thank you for something to keep me amused during my Staff 'Meeting' (which starts in 10 minutes.

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I Go Back to Sleep, Now.

OGB

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Re^2: Constants you cannot help but remember by Anonymous Monk on Jun 10, 2004 at 23:19 UTC
1.41459(?) It's been a while since I needed to do geometrical transformations. Are you thinking of 1/Sin(45) = Sqrt(2) = 1.41421?	[reply]
Re^2: Constants you cannot help but remember by bunnyman (Hermit) on Jun 11, 2004 at 18:52 UTC
1.41459(?) It's been a while since I needed to do geometrical transformations. It seems you have combined sqrt(2) = 1.41421 Pi = 3.14159 two numbers together, to form a new one!	[reply]