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Happy Pi Day!

themetfairy Mar 13 2015 10:07 PM

Celebrate responsibly. And if you're near Princeton, check out the festivities.

Rockin' Doc Mar 13 2015 10:58 PM Re: Happy Pi Day!

To hell with math! I want pie day!

Frayed Knot Mar 14 2015 06:58 AM Re: Happy Pi Day! Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 17 2015 09:04 AM

How I Wish I Could Calculate Pi Easily That's the supposedly "easy" mnemonic to remember the early digits of Pi (by the number of letters in each of those words) 3.1415926 Personally, I never had a problem remembering as far as 3.14159 without an odd sounding sentence as a cue and, frankly, if Pi to five decimals isn't accurate enough for whatever you're doing then you've got a lot bigger problems than mere memorization. I had never heard of that device until last week when the NYT Sunday Xword puzzle used that sentence [69-Across + 94A + 72A] as its main theme along with a five other strategically placed Pis (I don't know how to type the symbol here) within a single box which were to be read as T T (which it sort of looks like) for the Across answers and P I when read Down. Clever people those NYT Xword creators. Note also the shape of the blackened squares in the center of this puzzle which has left/right symmetry rather than the usual complete symmetry. And, the word FILLING in inside the Pie ... Get it?!

themetfairy Mar 14 2015 03:05 PM Re: Happy Pi Day!

We went into Princeton for some of the Pi Day celebrations. It was a lot of fun. We bought these at the House of Cupcakes -

Ashie62 Mar 14 2015 07:47 PM Re: Happy Pi Day!

It all reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Vic Sage Mar 17 2015 08:51 AM Re: Happy Pi Day!

we have staff lunch meetings on Tuesdays when its somebody's birthday, so today we're having a Pi lunch celebration, with a selection of pies to choose from, including a key lime green pie to honor the spirit of the day.

themetfairy Mar 17 2015 09:12 AM Re: Happy Pi Day!

There are definitely worse ways to celebrate.