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Happy Pi Day
Digital Trends ^ | March 14, 2011 | Andrew Couts

Posted on 03/14/2011 8:35:09 AM PDT by svcw

Get out your favorite circular objects, people, it’s Pi Day 2011!

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To: svcw
Where's my free pi?
21 posted on 03/14/2011 9:27:29 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (If you ever wondered what a real SHTF event is like &why you should be prepared, watch Japan events.)
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To: mikrofon
There is a write up on wiki about Larry Shaw, the creator of Pi Day. I think if you do a search of Pi Day you can find it. There is a long explanation of today and the next Pi Day.
22 posted on 03/14/2011 9:28:18 AM PDT by svcw (You will never understand Grace until you understand you do not deserve it)
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To: svcw

My brother is a former teacher and writes math textbooks for a living. His first child is due today. How cool would that be?


23 posted on 03/14/2011 9:31:58 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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24 posted on 03/14/2011 9:41:53 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Keith in Iowa

Or as we say in the South, “Pi are not square, Pi are round, cornbread are square.” ;o)


25 posted on 03/14/2011 9:43:22 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: SuziQ

But cornbread in the cast-iron skillet are round... :)


26 posted on 03/14/2011 9:47:45 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
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To: Keith in Iowa

But you cut it into squares, or into wedges, if you want BIG pieces. ;o)


27 posted on 03/14/2011 10:00:33 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: svcw

Why should the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter be an irrational number? It’s certainly not an irrational concept.


28 posted on 03/14/2011 10:04:07 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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To: svcw

It’s also Einstein’s birthday.


29 posted on 03/14/2011 10:15:11 AM PDT by Hoffer Rand (There ARE two Americas: "God's children" and the tax payers)
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To: svcw

Thanks. Now I’ll be able to remember the date today


30 posted on 03/14/2011 10:58:11 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: svcw
There was a much better π day in 1593.
31 posted on 03/14/2011 12:54:56 PM PDT by Erasmus (I love "The Raven," but then what do I know? I'm just a poetaster.)
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To: IronJack
Why should the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter be an irrational number? It’s certainly not an irrational concept.

It's even worse than irrational; it's transcendental.

BTW, here's an entertaining book: A History of Π.

32 posted on 03/14/2011 1:03:00 PM PDT by Erasmus (I love "The Raven," but then what do I know? I'm just a poetaster.)
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