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currency
pi is no valid value for money. perhaps it's pi USD? --
Deelkar 21:03, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
It's confusing, but according to the wired article, the currency bills are themselves in increments of pi. So, like I have a 20-dollar bill in my pocket, I could have a pi-dumpling bill. It's hard to express... --
DDG21:15, 30 January 2006 (UTC)reply
Uh, folks, it's not complicated. Pi is just a number. So if I have a "pi" note, it can buy "pi" value. If I go to the island store, and candies are pi/10 each, then I can be ten candies with that "pi" note. Of course, this all works equally well if we just divide all currency values and prices by pi, which is why this is a whimsical scheme. In an economy with pi-valued notes, the biggest problem is making exact change :). In the real world, countries occasionally reform their currencies after a period of hyper-inflation by lopping off three or more zeros from all prices and currency values. This doesn't change anything in terms of real economic values. It just makes life less confusing and saves a little ink.
68.9.201.92 (
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17:39, 16 October 2012 (UTC)reply
From what I know from a biography it is mostly just to have fun the currency is like here here is a check saying i'll give you one gallon of ice cream. it has no real value whatsoever
Come Now
Kamen was denied permission to build a wind turbine on the island, so he joked that he was seceding from the United States, and he signed a non-aggression pact with his friend then-President George H. W. Bush.
Also, the picture clearly depicts a wind turbine. This article really needs to either be more clear, more accurate, or be axed.--
Evilbred17:21, 9 August 2007 (UTC)reply
Where is this Island specifically? Article needs a map.
This article could use a map. Where is this island within the Long Island Sound and proximity to New York state? I'll add a reqmap tag.
N2e (
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23:38, 26 November 2008 (UTC)reply
Thanks. I clicked on the coordinates and it does not seem to get me to a map with sufficient resolution to tell where NDI is relative to Long Island, or NYC, etc. Let me know if you know how to get a map with sufficient local detail to see this relationship.
N2e (
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01:48, 27 November 2008 (UTC)reply
After clicking on the link, the resulting page has links to the Google Map and other maps, where you can zoom in as much as you'd like. I'm describing it in the text. -
DavidWBrooks (
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02:00, 27 November 2008 (UTC)reply
North Dumpling Island has a long history. The focus on Dean Kamen is absurd. Who cares about his electricity generating technology? Many people have solar systems on their homes. This article even fails to mention when Kamen purchased the island.
68.9.201.92 (
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17:46, 16 October 2012 (UTC)reply
I have removed the statement that the owner "signed a non-aggression pact with his friend, then-President George H. W. Bush" which has been in the article since its very first unsourced appearance in March 2004. Later, purported sources in The New York Times and Esquire magazine were added, but those make no mention whatsoever of this 'fact'. --
MichaelMaggs (
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07:15, 10 May 2015 (UTC)reply
@
MichaelMaggs: It appears in this
2010 piece by Today. I was concerned with circular sourcing (wikipedia -> secondary source -> wikipedia) but it looks like it came from an interview with Kamen and not from Wikipedia.--v/r -
TP19:20, 26 April 2020 (UTC)reply
It also appears in "The Code of the Extraordinary Mind". Again, it doesn't look like circular sourcing.--v/r -
TP19:22, 26 April 2020 (UTC)reply