Comment: I agree that the *concepts* of pi

and other relationships are fascinating, superseding any artificially-imposed number systems. And I gave some thought and agree, to a certain extent, with Bill Gillingham's comment below: "It reveals a pattern because it is built on a pattern." Nonetheless, I'm intrigued. I'm only up to Part 3, interested to see where this is going. I'm intrigued for two reasons. First, it's not so much the relationships among the numbers themselves (the patterns on that circle, BG's point); rather, I'm intrigued with the possible relationships to other phenomena, i.e., natural phenomena. Second, I do believe there is "something bigger than Phil!" Sorry, that's a line from the Carl Reiner/Mel Brooks bit on the 20,000 Year Old Man (what he said after lightning struck Phil, the god they'd been worshiping). The point is, I do believe there are certain universal principles, keys to unlocking the working of things, that are yet to be discovered--- or perhaps better said (at least in part), re-discovered. I have a friend who is doing some amazing work with energy and sound (which the ancient Egyptians, for one, knew a lot about, although they're not talking), not in the realm of physics, per se, but re healing. And so I'm willing to keep an open mind. P.S. That said, I'm still interested to know if you turn up any patterns doing the exercise with other base systems. P.P.S. Off topic except that this dialogue has reminded me of it, I love the film Zero Effect, about a quirky detective Daryl *Zero* (Bill Pullman) and his sidekick (Ben Stiller) investigating a case of blackmail and *missing keys*. :)