It's time to circle the wagons

[mynameisben]

Because it's Pi Day! Happy 3.14 to geeks and nerds everywhere. And happy 4s to all the squares (you know who you are).

 

[Handley_Page]

And Boltzmann's Constant to you all.

 

[trysail]

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

Happy π Day!

 

[estragon]

Just Wait Four Years

Until we hit the once-in-a-century Double Pi Day--3/14/15. Ben, great poem, it's a blooming gem!

 

[mynameisben]

Until we hit the once-in-a-century Double Pi Day--3/14/15. Ben, great poem, it's a blooming gem!

Hey, thanks!

Blooming gem. Why didn't I think of that?

 

[stephen55]

%#@*&$&##

As if we don't have enough irrational numbers around here already!!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

%#@*&$&##

As if we don't have enough irrational numbers around here already!!

Yes, This is a fiction site; we should limit the math to imaginary numbers.

 

[trysail]

Innumeracy and innumerates scare the bejesus out of me.

 

[3113]

Baked special for Today:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/171/421342332_e90a16e200.jpg

 

[stephen55]

You mean the number just keeps going on...like, forever? You're kidding me, right? And mathematicians get paid to come up with stuff?

 

[mynameisben]

You mean the number just keeps going on...like, forever? You're kidding me, right? And mathematicians get paid to come up with stuff?

It's called job security.

 

[mynameisben]

Will the madness never end?

Pi Computation Reaches Astronomical New Heights

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Will the madness never end?

Pi Computation Reaches Astronomical New Heights

No, Ben - It's just plain irrational!

 

[TE999]

With all this Pi flying around could this thread be considered a food fight?

 

[stephen55]

With all this Pi flying around could this thread be considered a food fight?

Food Fight!!

As long as no one wastes any pumpkin pi.

 

[stephen55]

Will the madness never end?

Pi Computation Reaches Astronomical New Heights

"A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours."

All those trillions of digits piling up! Trillions of them! No wonder the plates under Japan shifted.

 

[R. Richard]

I salute Pi day. However, alas, there can't be an 'e' day. (The base of natural logarithms. Whazzat? No, logarithms aren't the jungle telegraph.)

 

[Tio_Narratore]

"A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours."

All those trillions of digits piling up! Trillions of them! No wonder the plates under Japan shifted.

And watch out, Stephen; there's more and more digits where those came from, and some fool is bound to go out collecting them. If you ask me, though, I'd say it's just a vicious circle. A real vicious circle. You get yourself stuck in it, going 'round and 'round in a never-ending 'round-up of digits. I think we should just leave well enough alone and either round it off or fraction it.

 

[stephen55]

And watch out, Stephen; there's more and more digits where those came from, and some fool is bound to go out collecting them. If you ask me, though, I'd say it's just a vicious circle. A real vicious circle. You get yourself stuck in it, going 'round and 'round in a never-ending 'round-up of digits. I think we should just leave well enough alone and either round it off or fraction it.

The horror!!

Hey, wait a minute...here's what we do!!

We let those digits just a keep on a comin'. No!! Not that kind of comin'!!

And we burn them...to generate electricity...an endless supply of digits. Limitless energy!! Now is that an irrational idea or what?

 

[Tio_Narratore]

The horror!!

Hey, wait a minute...here's what we do!!

We let those digits just a keep on a comin'. No!! Not that kind of comin'!!

And we burn them...to generate electricity...an endless supply of digits. Limitless energy!! Now is that an irrational idea or what?

Yeah, you try sticking just one of your digits someplace it doesn't belong, and you'll see what it generates!

And besides, I doubt that we could use your digital electricity to run any of our analog machines! I won't even know what o' the clock it is!

 

[3113]

The Pi Doubters!

You would think there'd be no argument over numbers, but yes, even in mathematics there are politics. And so, to complete the circle, check out this Pi doubter who, I think, makes a very convincing argument for doing away with Pi!

 

[stephen55]

You would think there'd be no argument over numbers, but yes, even in mathematics there are politics. And so, to complete the circle, check out this Pi doubter who, I think, makes a very convincing argument for doing away with Pi!

Well...okay...I watched it and, yes, it makes sense, I think...maybe...

But I'll be damned if I'm going to eat pumpkin tau!!

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Well...okay...I watched it and, yes, it makes sense, I think...maybe...

But I'll be damned if I'm going to eat pumpkin tau!!

peut-etre, Stephen, mais en Quebec...Le TAUtiere???

 

[stephen55]

peut-etre, Stephen, mais en Quebec...Le TAUtiere???

Ahh oui, le TAUrtiere. Bien sûr, dans le reste du Canada, il s'appelle "viande tarte".

 

[3113]

peut-etre, Stephen, mais en Quebec...Le TAUtiere???

Ahh oui, le TAUrtiere. Bien sûr, dans le reste du Canada, il s'appelle "viande tarte".

Swoon! They're speaking French! (Okay, Canadian French, but still...) Ah, Quebec

Now I'm all misty eyed.