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on Saturday March 14 2015, @09:11AM
from the 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 dept.
from the 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286 dept.
Today (14 March) is the day the world celebrates π. http://www.piday.org/
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by E_NOENT on Saturday March 14 2015, @09:55AM
Since 3/14 is "orthodox pi day" I wonder if there's a good name for 7-22, like "reformed PI day" or something?
That being said, the whole thing lost its lustre when the HR suits at my company latched onto PI day and turned it into some uncomfortable pseudo morale booster.
"Hey, these engineers like math; let's feed them pie and yuk yuk yuk about it for days."
I'm not in the business... I *am* the business.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2015, @01:06PM
To really geek. In 3 months and 14 days is Tau Day Tau is 2 Pi. So they all get two pies on that day!
http://www.tauday.com/ [tauday.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 14 2015, @02:19PM
http://www.tauday.com/ [tauday.com]
Yea for this link which includes Vi Hart's delicious "Pi Is (still) Wrong" video.
(Score: 2) by E_NOENT on Sunday March 15 2015, @10:19AM
"Tau will have its revenge on June 28, 2031" -- awesome!
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