Happy Pi Approximation Day

[pendell]

As reported on Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day), celebrated on 7/22, since 22 divided by 7 approximates pi.

Respectfully,

Brian P.

[Dogmantra]

Relevant link (http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=955)

I'm off to sort of rub some pie on my face. Just like every day.

[The Vorpal Tribble]

*takes 3.14 nerd damage*

[Murdim]

I'll keep my enthusiasm for Dodecember 44th. The Reducible Pi Approximation Day. Please don't hit me.

[The Rose Dragon]

You know why it is Pi Approximation Day?

Because it's celebrated on 22/7, not 7/22.

Goddamn Americans and their goddamn weird way of writing dates. :smalltongue:

[Starfols]

Yaaaaay! Pi approximation day!

...Now I'm hungry. :smallannoyed:

[Murdim]

Yaaaaay! Pi approximation day!

...Now I'm hungry. :smallannoyed:
http://everydayoff.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/pipie.jpg

[Ravens_cry]

It's a far better approximation then then the other pi day, March 14th.

[Form]

http://everydayoff.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/pipie.jpg

Hmmm... Pi pie.

Good thing it's round too. Any other shape would have been blasphemous.

[The Rose Dragon]

It's a far better approximation then then the other pi day, March 14th.

Especially since 14/3 has nothing to do with pi.

Silly Americans. Again.

[Telonius]

:smalltongue:Bah, 14.3.2010 isn't even a number. Who can work with two decimal places, I ask you? :smallbiggrin:

Should be pridie Ides Maius, if I'm not mistaken (since May was the third month).

[Dr.Epic]

If you ask me there's only one true Pi day and that's March 14th.

[The Rose Dragon]

If you ask me there's only one true Pi day and that's March 14th.

But 14 / 3 doesn't even look like pi. Pi isn't approximated 14.3, it's approximated 3.14.

[Telonius]

Perhaps we could have a different date in base 4, to satisfy the conditions?

[The Rose Dragon]

Perhaps we could have a different date in base 4, to satisfy the conditions?

Makes me wonder: would it be geekier to memorize umpteen thousand digits of pi in a base other than 10?

[Ravens_cry]

Especially since 14/3 has nothing to do with pi.

Silly Americans. Again.
Silly people assuming I am American.
Golly, just because we share the same continent. . .:smallsigh:

[The Rose Dragon]

Silly people assuming I am American.
Golly, just because we share the same continent. . .:smallsigh:

I wasn't saying you were American. I was referring to the Americans who came up with 14th of March being Pi Day.

[KenderWizard]

But on the 14th of March, you can have all sorts of fun around 1:59:26pm because at some very specific infinitesimally tiny moment, you'll actually pass through something that could be denoted simply as pi (disregarding the year), whereas on 22/7 you'll never be more than an approximation!

[The Rose Dragon]

But on the 14th of March, you can have all sorts of fun around 1:59:26pm because at some very specific infinitesimally tiny moment, you'll actually pass through something that could be denoted simply as pi (disregarding the year), whereas on 22/7 you'll never be more than an approximation!

But on the 14th of March, the date doesn't even have anything to do with pi.

[Zocelot]

You know why it is Pi Approximation Day?

Because it's celebrated on 22/7, not 7/22.

Goddamn Americans and their goddamn weird way of writing dates. :smalltongue:

It makes considerably more sense to have days before months. That way, it goes day/month/year, in ascending order or largeness. There is no reason (that I know of) to have months first, except for tradition.

[The Rose Dragon]

It makes considerably more sense to have days before months. That way, it goes day/month/year, in ascending order or largeness. There is no reason (that I know of) to have months first, except for tradition.

Some people write it year / month / day, which is also weird, but at least has internal consistency.

[blackfox]

http://everydayoff.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/pipie.jpg!

Holy crap, do want. :smallbiggrin: That looks incredibly tasty.

[Rawhide]

Some people write it year / month / day, which is also weird, but at least has internal consistency.

The official format is 2010-07-23.

Full four digit year, month, day. Include leading zeros and use hyphens, no spaces.

[The Rose Dragon]

The official format is 2010-07-23.

Full four digit year, month, day. Include leading zeros and use hyphens, no spaces.

Official according to which authority? ISO 8601?

I wonder why they even use it as a standard, since the majority of the world actually uses day - month - year, with varying separators. It does have an advantage in coding, though, since figuring out the order of given dates is much simpler with the ISO standard.

It still makes little sense in daily use, though.

[Eldan]

You people and your silly mispronunciations of the greek letter pi just so you can make the day about pie :smalltongue:

But then, I endorse pie.

[The Rose Dragon]

You people and your silly mispronunciations of the greek letter pi just so you can make the day about pie :smalltongue:

But then, I endorse pie.

If they pronounced it correctly, it would have to be a day about, well, urine.

[Rawhide]

Official according to which authority? ISO 8601?

I wonder why they even use it as a standard, since the majority of the world actually uses day - month - year, with varying separators. It does have an advantage in coding, though, since figuring out the order of given dates is much simpler with the ISO standard.

It still makes little sense in daily use, though.

It actually does make quite a lot of sense in daily use, especially on the web.
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/iso-date

[Dogmantra]

There is no reason (that I know of) to have months first, except for tradition.

I asked the same question to a few American friends. Apparently the idea is that day to day changes in things like the weather, school holidays, that sort of thing are too small or sudden, and year to year is far too long a period of time to bother with, but month to month things change quite a bit, thus it's most important and comes first. I don't buy it myself, but it does make some sense.

[Cobalt]

I asked the same question to a few American friends. Apparently the idea is that day to day changes in things like the weather, school holidays, that sort of thing are too small or sudden, and year to year is far too long a period of time to bother with, but month to month things change quite a bit, thus it's most important and comes first. I don't buy it myself, but it does make some sense.

If that is the reason then the guys in charge sure aren't telling anybody. I'm thinking you American friends were simply trying to come up with something on the spot.

Of course, it could be that's the truth and it's a secret known only to the offspring of the rich, and that they were trying to break away from their family's oppressive ways by spreading the word of truth to you. If that's the case, then you may be America's last hope. Which would make you Dogmantra: savior of Eagleland.

[Rawhide]

I asked the same question to a few American friends. Apparently the idea is that day to day changes in things like the weather, school holidays, that sort of thing are too small or sudden, and year to year is far too long a period of time to bother with, but month to month things change quite a bit, thus it's most important and comes first. I don't buy it myself, but it does make some sense.

When I've asked (or rather, more accurately, complained) about it, I've been informed it's logical because of the way they say the date (or write it in long format).

i.e. March 14th as opposed to 14th of March/14th March (with or without the th)

[Dogmantra]

If that is the reason then the guys in charge sure aren't telling anybody. I'm thinking you American friends were simply trying to come up with something on the spot.

Oh possibly, but that doesn't mean whoever decided to do it first wasn't thinking of that at least a little.

[742]

we come up with things on the spot very frequently to cover our conspiracies, like the fact that your oven isnt spying for us-because its actually working for the mongolians, were actually using your fridge-i probably shouldnt have said that.

[Cealocanth]

As I remember from math class, about 32 digits will do to describe pi. Here, have some pi.


3.141592653589793238462643383279