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Donald in Mathmagic Land

inconsequentialist — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:29:52 -0800

I want to find an online version of "Donald in Mathmagic Land." I remember watching this as a child and how wonderful and interesting I found it. I have found bits and pieces online, but not the whole video. Is there any online resource that carries the entire video?

3-5-0-0

inconsequentialist — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:53:09 -0800

What's the significance of the numbers 3-5-0-0 in the controversial song of the same name from the musical Hair? My dad and I have been trying to figure this out for a long time. I say that the song is controversial because it is often omitted from many soundtracks that you can purchase online or otherwise.

How many digits of pi did you have to memorize?

inconsequentialist — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:52:01 -0800

Has anyone else ever had the insane/completely useless (save for its novelty) experience of having to memorize a certain number of digits of pi (52 in my case) for a middle school math class (or any class for that matter)? I had to do just that to pass my 6th grade math class. Was my teacher a little off or was she just trying to teach us the value of ..... something or other? (I still remember 26 digits, but that's as far as I can go.)