Twas Pi Day!

[Danlikebooks 6]

Today is Pi Day!  Celebrated by math(s) geeks all over the world, March 14 is the date representation of the first 3 digits of Pi!

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816

40628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460955058223172

53594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303...

[Explodingsims 3]

So how does one celebrate Pi day?

Should we all find the area of a circle or something?

[Meg 368]

Did we celebrate square root day? 03/03/09

The next one isn't until 04/04/16

[Danlikebooks 6]

Well I measured the circumference of the pie that I ate... key lime!

[Duke87 1,070]

And some geeks, like me, think the idea of here being a "pi day" is entirely stupid, seeing as it is a transcendental number and thus no date actually represents it.

Besides, for a lot of people in the world, March 14th is 14/3 or 14/03, so the apparent significance instantly vanishes.

Myself, I prefer "not found day", April 4th. That one is exact, not approximate, and the beauty of it is that it works whether you use mm/dd or dd/mm since it's 04/04 either way.

Originally posted by: SkiGeek Did we celebrate square root day? 03/03/09

The next one isn't until 04/04/16quote>

That's not a square root day, that's just a square day.

And in any case, we haven't had a square day since 12/12/144, and we're never going to have another one ever again unless we change our calendar. In theory, we'd be due for one on 45/45/2025, but there aren't that many months in a year nor are there any months with that many days, so it won't happen.

Though, you could make the argument that five square days come every year on 01/01, 02/04, 03/09, 04/16, and 05/25. Of course, if you use dd/mm, then you only see the first three.

Or, you know, we could quit with all this bulljive numerology and realize that these dates don't have any special cosmic significance. Just an idea.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: Duke87

Or, you know, we could quit with all this bulljive numerology and realize that these dates don't have any special cosmic significance. Just an idea.quote>

What fun would that be?

[Easy Bakes 253]

I like pie

[belfastuniguy 18]

Originally posted by: Easy Bakes I like pie

quote>

Same

Both sweet and savoury

[Jezus53 18]

Originally posted by: Duke87 And some geeks, like me, think the idea of here being a "pi day" is entirely stupid, seeing as it is a transcendental number and thus no date actually represents it.

Besides, for a lot of people in the world, March 14th is 14/3 or 14/03, so the apparent significance instantly vanishes.

Myself, I prefer "not found day", April 4th. That one is exact, not approximate, and the beauty of it is that it works whether you use mm/dd or dd/mm since it's 04/04 either way.

Originally posted by: SkiGeek Did we celebrate square root day? 03/03/09

The next one isn't until 04/04/16quote>

That's not a square root day, that's just a square day.

And in any case, we haven't had a square day since 12/12/144, and we're never going to have another one ever again unless we change our calendar. In theory, we'd be due for one on 45/45/2025, but there aren't that many months in a year nor are there any months with that many days, so it won't happen.

Though, you could make the argument that five square days come every year on 01/01, 02/04, 03/09, 04/16, and 05/25. Of course, if you use dd/mm, then you only see the first three.

Or, you know, we could quit with all this bulljive numerology and realize that these dates don't have any special cosmic significance. Just an idea.quote>

Dude, you totally killed my fun. I was so stoked for today till I read you're post. Now I'm actually sad!

As for the other countries, we can do pie day on July, 22. So that way it's 22/7. I remember that was another to type out pi.

[Patricius Maximus 236]

Well, I had a good Pi Day myself.

As for the other countries, we can do pie day on July, 22. So that way it's 22/7. I remember that was another to type out pi. quote>

Actually, 22/7 is not a good approximation of Pi in my opinion, so I never use it.

Pi (to 10 digits) =     3.141592654

22/7 (to 10 digits) = 3.142857143

There is a significant difference, and can show up in calculations. For mine, I use an approximation to 10 digits, since I've memorized it over the years.

[Duke87 1,070]

Relevant:

[BlondeTwiggy 43]

Hmm...nerd humor.

My mom made rhubarb pie yesterday, which is just about the most hideous pie known to mankind.

[Jasoncw 11,840]

I ate three pieces. Two of chocolate, and one of lemon meringue.

[Jezus53 18]

Originally posted by: Patricius Maximus Well, I had a good Pi Day myself.

As for the other countries, we can do pie day on July, 22. So that way it's 22/7. I remember that was another to type out pi. quote>

Actually, 22/7 is not a good approximation of Pi in my opinion, so I never use it.

Pi (to 10 digits) =     3.141592654

22/7 (to 10 digits) = 3.142857143

There is a significant difference, and can show up in calculations. For mine, I use an approximation to 10 digits, since I've memorized it over the years.quote>

I know it's not good for exact measurements, but I like to use it when I'm to lazy to get a calculator. I like working with fractions rather than decimals.

[Sim shady 12]

Well, my calculus class celebrated this on Friday. It was fun and all except for the fact that my buddy conveniently brought a ton of soda, including those special "real sugar" Dr. Peppers, after I mentioned that I gave up soda for Lent The temptation was so great but I resisted!

[Jezus53 18]

Originally posted by: Sim shady Well, my calculus class celebrated this on Friday. It was fun and all except for the fact that my buddy conveniently brought a ton of soda, including those special "real sugar" Dr. Peppers, after I mentioned that I gave up soda for Lent The temptation was so great but I resisted!quote>

Good for you! Power to you! I don't think I could give that up. Not yet at least.

[Craig91 12]

My mom made rhubarb pie yesterday, which is just about the most hideous pie known to mankind.quote>

 You've obviously never had good rhubarb pie

[Muck308 55]

I haven't had rhubarb since my parents grew some in their garden when I was about 6. Blech.

I'm more of a fan of palindromic dates. I belive the next one would be 01/11/10. As for the other countries it's... well 01/11/10... just have to wait a little longer.

EDIT; Unless of course you want to include all of the year's digits.... 'twould be 01/02/2010. A bit sooner.

[Jezus53 18]

I love having fun with the dates. Like February 4th, 2008. 02/04/08, 2x4=8. hehe, for some reason I love it.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Jezus53 I love having fun with the dates. Like February 4th, 2008. 02/04/08, 2x4=8. hehe, for some reason I love it.quote>

I bet you can't wait for January 3rd, 2037 then.

1/3/37.

[R30hedron 28]

Here's a Pi day joke involving two of my favorite numbers:

"Get real"

          \

i          π

 \

  "Be Rational"

I also, for the record like the numbers e and Φ  (Both of which don't have holidays coming up anytime soon)

[Streetwise 3]

I recently bought a book from the Barnes & Noble bargain bin called The History of Pi.

I couldn't find any good recipies in it, though.

Seriously, though, I enjoy books involving the history of numbers and well-known mathematical equations.

[Tysons4 68]

i had a crazy dream the night of the 13th about a number that had no end and i had to finish counting it....

i think it might have been pi... it was pretty scary

i had the same experience when i wrote a term paper on phi

[Jezus53 18]

Originally posted by: R_Triacontahedron Here's a Pi day joke involving two of my favorite numbers:

"Get real"

          \

i          π

 \

  "Be Rational"

I also, for the record like the numbers e and Φ  (Both of which don't have holidays coming up anytime soon)

quote>

My girlfriend gave her dad a shirt that says that, and I loved it! Such a lame math joke that confirms your geekiness. (geekiness is now a word )

Originally posted by: Duke87

Originally posted by: Jezus53 I love having fun with the dates. Like February 4th, 2008. 02/04/08, 2x4=8. hehe, for some reason I love it.quote>

I bet you can't wait for January 3rd, 2037 then.

1/3/37. quote>

At first I was like , but then I was like !

[R30hedron 28]

Oh, I'm good someone understands the 1/3/37 comment, could you (or someone else) explain it?

And yes, I'll admit that I'm geeky, but more so with math, my grammer needs polishing.

[Eʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ 273]

Yes Pi day!

What should we calculate first? 

Area of this real pie?

So approximately 12cm in radius...

A =  · r²

A = (3.1415926535) · (12)²

A = 3.1415926535 · 144

A = 452.389342104cm²

It's horrible! At my highschool they made us memorize the first 10 digits!

[Streetwise 3]

Originally posted by: R_Triacontahedron Oh, I'm good someone understands the 1/3/37 comment, could you (or someone else) explain it?quote>

1337 means 'leet' (as in elite minus the 'e') in leet (1337) speak. So when the calander reaches 1/3/37, it will be 'leet' (1337) day

Welcome to the world of leet speak.

[Jezus53 18]

Originally posted by: Streetwise

Originally posted by: R_Triacontahedron Oh, I'm good someone understands the 1/3/37 comment, could you (or someone else) explain it?quote>

1337 means 'leet' (as in elite minus the 'e') in leet (1337) speak. So when the calander reaches 1/3/37, it will be 'leet' (1337) day

Welcome to the world of leet speak.

quote>

Ya know, I never understood leet speek. It was just too confusing and made me wonder why you didn't just speek in normal english. I guess it's because I was never into video games.

I can't wait for 11/11/11. Just seems cool. a bunch of one's.

[Duke87 1,070]

Originally posted by: Jezus53

Ya know, I never understood leet speek. It was just too confusing and made me wonder why you didn't just speek in normal english. I guess it's because I was never into video games. quote>

It started out as a hacker thing, then parts of the gaming community took to it. Then everyone started doing it and all of a sudden it became annoying, since now it wasn't just the cool people doing it. Like a lot of meme-ish things, it died from going too mainstream. It got too big and burst from overpopularity and the resulting overuse.

Other memes have suffered similar fates by even going so far as to find their way out of the internet and into the real world. It's how Chuck Norris jokes died. It's how rickrolling died.

Time Magazine put "AIG Fail" on their cover recently... so, I think we can start digging a grave for that one too, now.

[Jezus53 18]

I see. I think I just got into the gaming/internet community when it was dying. See, for the longest time, I played Starcraft, and only starcraft. Never on battlenet, because there was never any good maps. So I stayed huddled in my room with no outside connection. Lame. Then I found Simtropolis.