Did You Know March 14th is Pi Day? Celebrate with Us!

[murshid_islam]

Happy Pi Day!

hi
wish you all a very happy pi day!

 

[topsquark]

hi
wish you all a very happy pi day!

Mmmmmmmmmm...Apple pi. :!)

-Dan

 

[arildno]

Happy pi day to you too, murshad!

 

[ranger]

How come nobody made a fuss for e day back in February?

Happy pi day!

 

[Lisa!]

Happy \pi = 3.14 day!


<runs and hides>

 

[Cexy]

Would now be a good time to restart the debate about whether we should pass legislation redifining \pi=22/7? ;)

 

[jim mcnamara]

Cexy -

That's a wonderful suggestion. Because politicians have trouble handling bodily functions on their own, having them mandate transcendental numbers like e and \pi would be lots of fun...
since "pi are round" we can ask them to round \pi = 3.0 That's close enuff. :)

 

[FeynmanMH42]

http://keithschofield.com/pi/hardnphirm-pi.wmv

 

[DeadWolfe]

Watching that made me a little bit stupider.

 

[Loren Booda]

You all overlooked 15 hours, 92 minutes and 65.358... seconds - a slice of the pi.

 

[wScott]

Why is today called Pi Day? A few of my friends were invited to a day of math at one of the schools in our area, but I wasn't invited, and I was wondering why "Pi" has it's own day.

 

[ranger]

Why is today called Pi Day? A few of my friends were invited to a day of math at one of the schools in our area, but I wasn't invited, and I was wondering why "Pi" has it's own day.

I guess since the value of pi is approx. 3.14. And since today just happens to be March 14th (3.14), its called pi day.

 

[0rthodontist]

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_341.html

 

[bomba923]

Heh...the real "pi day" was actually March 14, 1593
(rounded up '3' from the '6')

 

[robphy]

Heh...the real "pi day" was actually March 14, 1593
(rounded up '3' from the '6')

According to Wikipedia,
"The "ultimate" pi moment occurred on March 14, 1592, at 6:53 AM and 58 seconds."

More Pi trivia from links at https://www.physicsforums.com/blog/2006/03/13/pi-day/