(http://www.isarapix.com/pix91/1205446992.jpg)
this xkcd (http://www.xkcd.com/) comic suggests irrational numbers, like Pi,
may lead to imprisonment in a "Universe Factory" .. that claim
is still being calculated to the trillionth digit and counting
since 1988,
Pi Day (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day) has been celebrated in classrooms around the world highlighting all the glories of Pi, mathematical, fruit, and pizza flavored .. the first Pi Day celebration was held at the San Francisco Exploratorium
tomorrow, i'll be hosting a Pi Day tournament at FIBS commemorating Pi Day .. naturally, the start time will be promptly at the Pi second .. that is, just after 1:59 p.m. San Francisco time, since when
Pi is truncated to seven decimal places, it becomes 3.1415926, making March 14 at 1:59:26 p.m the "Pi Second"
registration is open ..
Tell TourneyBot Register 2331 to sign-up for the tourney and be there or be square tomorrow at FIBS "Pi Day Special" .. BYOPi - i'll be bringing a sweet potato one
“If, in a circle, a line
Hits the center, and runs spine to spine,
And the lines length is D
The circumference will be
D times 3.14159.â€-- a limmerick from Omni magazine, c. 1988
congrats to
don who won the
"Pi Day Special" in a close final with
teyakis .. after surviving the Crawford game and still trailing 3-4
don was well ahead in the game before he remembered to cube .. it is alleged
teyakis has that effect on her opponents, particularly
irrational men .. with the match score tied 4-4, the final game could have gone either way, but
don held on for the win :yes:
(http://www.isarapix.com/pix53/1205605427.jpg)
put your favorite stuffing into your prize above and enjoy the sweet victory .. see ya on July 22nd (22/7 - Pi Approximation Day) to defend your title,
donThe pageant of digits comprising the number pi
doesn’t stop at the page’s edge.
It goes on across the table, through the air,
over a wall, a leaf, a bird’s nest, clouds, straight into the sky ...-- from
Pi (http://www.columbia.edu/~zm4/bin/pi/) by
Wislawa Szymborska (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wis%C5%82awa_Szymborska) (1923- ) Polish poet, essayist and translator. She was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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body get this 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for the tourney, sixty!
--
don