[Mkguild] More Snail Tales!

[Mark Lowell]

 This story is really funny!


On 10/17/08, Michael Bard <bard.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As I recall, when Pythagoras found out about the Irration Number SQR(2) he
> was not impressed.  Numbers are not irrational!  So, he buried it as a
> classified secret of himself and his followers, the Pythagoreans.  So, the
> Secret Society that Roger is a member of, believe in the Sacred Oddness of
> Irrationality, and hence consider SQR(2) a holy and secret number.  Thus
> they are dedicated to calculating its absolute value (even though that is
> impossible -- see "The Nine Billion Names of God") and then hiding it awa=
y,
> using Roger's shell as in impenetrable vault to maintain the secret.
>
> Damn you Fox Cutter for bringing Pythagorean madness to Metamor!
>
> Michael Bard
>
>
> > Really strange and short story here. I wonder what the square roots are
> though.
> >
> > -Kampkraft
>
>
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