Pi Day!
Pi Day!
It's Pi Day! Quite possibly the geekiest holiday to date.
On 3/14 at 1:59, everyone eats some pie and, if you're into this
kinda thing, calculates Pi to as many decimals as you can stand.
My company does a pie baking contest every year on this day.
I haven't won yet, but I feel good about my chocolate-covered
cherry cheesecake pie (Not pictured).
On 3/14 at 1:59, everyone eats some pie and, if you're into this
kinda thing, calculates Pi to as many decimals as you can stand.
My company does a pie baking contest every year on this day.
I haven't won yet, but I feel good about my chocolate-covered
cherry cheesecake pie (Not pictured).
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I was unaware that old-man plumbing worked like that, and now I don't think I'll be quite the same ever again. Thanks, deej.djm wrote:I think you are mistaken. Everyone is supposed to go for a pee. The challenge is to see how many decimal places you can calculate to before your bladder is empty. This includes waiting for the last few drops, so old men usually win.
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Ignorance is BlissCongratulations wrote:I was unaware that old-man plumbing worked like that, and now I don't think I'll be quite the same ever again. Thanks, deej.djm wrote:I think you are mistaken. Everyone is supposed to go for a pee. The challenge is to see how many decimal places you can calculate to before your bladder is empty. This includes waiting for the last few drops, so old men usually win.
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Re: Pi Day!
There's a way to figure pi that involves dropping sticks on lines. I can't remember it exactly, but I think you put lines exactly one stick length apart, toss sticks randomly at the lined area, and count what fraction of sticks fall across the lines. The approximation of pi might be something like the ratio of sticks tossed to those crossing lines?fearfaoin wrote:calculates Pi to as many decimals as you can stand.
Anyway, when it's time for my daughter to do a science project, I'm thinking that would be fun, and I'll find out the right way to do it.
Charlie
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Wanna hear how they fix it?Congratulations wrote:I was unaware that old-man plumbing worked like that, and now I don't think I'll be quite the same ever again. Thanks, deej.djm wrote:I think you are mistaken. Everyone is supposed to go for a pee. The challenge is to see how many decimal places you can calculate to before your bladder is empty. This includes waiting for the last few drops, so old men usually win.
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