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Post by bulkey on Jan 22, 2023 21:52:44 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2023 10:09:36 GMT -5
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Post by swash on Jan 23, 2023 10:18:17 GMT -5
Will Kim be the queen of the pie-parade or will she lead the pro-cupcakes Rally across the street? |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2023 10:30:44 GMT -5
Will Kim be the queen of the pie-parade or will she lead the pro-cupcakes Rally across the street? I just spit up my coffee....  |
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Post by phil on Jan 23, 2023 11:13:42 GMT -5
I can't believe they picked today to be national pie day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pie_DayI would've thought 14 March would be much more obvious. If you want to get really nerdy (and who doesn't) tell me why I think 22 July would be even better option. Plus, something I learned just yesterday, why might 28 June be in the running (if history had them folded slightly differently)? |
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 23, 2023 11:14:45 GMT -5
I can't believe they picked today to be national pie day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pie_DayI would've thought 14 March would be much more obvious. If you want to get really nerdy (and who doesn't) tell me why I think 22 July would be even better option. Plus, something I learned just yesterday, why might 28 June be in the running (if history had them folded slightly differently)? 3/14 is national PI day... |
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Post by phil on Jan 23, 2023 12:41:01 GMT -5
I can't believe they picked today to be national pie day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pie_DayI would've thought 14 March would be much more obvious. If you want to get really nerdy (and who doesn't) tell me why I think 22 July would be even better option. Plus, something I learned just yesterday, why might 28 June be in the running (if history had them folded slightly differently)? 3/14 is national PI day... Yes, and in my opinion, while 3/14 is a good choice for NATIONAL Pi day, I think the 22nd of July would be the INTERNATIONAL choice. Why? |
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Post by swash on Jan 23, 2023 13:15:53 GMT -5
I can't believe they picked today to be national pie day en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Pie_DayI would've thought 14 March would be much more obvious. If you want to get really nerdy (and who doesn't) tell me why I think 22 July would be even better option. Plus, something I learned just yesterday, why might 28 June be in the running (if history had them folded slightly differently)? 14 March is already pi day... different from pie day. Would love to need out with the rationale for those other dates. |
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 23, 2023 13:19:46 GMT -5
22/7 (22 divided by 7) is the nearest approximation of pi.
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Post by swash on Jan 23, 2023 13:23:22 GMT -5
3/14 is national PI day... Yes, and in my opinion, while 3/14 is a good choice for NATIONAL Pi day, I think the 22nd of July would be the INTERNATIONAL choice. Why? 22/7, twenty-two sevenths, is the smallest fraction of whole numbers to approximate pi. Or is there another reason? |
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Post by swash on Jan 23, 2023 13:24:59 GMT -5
22/7 (22 divided by 7) is the nearest approximation of pi. You're quicker on the draw. Sorry for the duplicate. |
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Post by radylady on Jan 23, 2023 14:03:59 GMT -5
geezzzzz - turn your back for a MINUTE!!
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 23, 2023 14:34:34 GMT -5
geezzzzz - turn your back for a MINUTE!! Gotta be on your game all the time in our Hall of Nerds |
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Post by phil on Jan 24, 2023 15:23:28 GMT -5
22/7 (22 divided by 7) is the nearest approximation of pi. Yes, it is. The reason I think it makes more sense for outside the US is that in the US we typically write dates: MM DD YY The rest of the world uses a more sensible notation: DD MM YY So outside the US, what we would call July 22 or 7/22 would be written 22/7 |
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Post by phil on Jan 24, 2023 15:25:50 GMT -5
One down one to go, and this one's so obscure I won't insist that somebody figure it out. Count me near the top of the list when it comes to geeky number trivia and I didn't know about this till I stumbled across the other day.
Why would a slight change in history mean that June 28 might have become PI day?
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Post by phil on Jan 24, 2023 16:01:19 GMT -5
 Okay here it is. Leonard Euler was one of the world's great mathematicians. The book in which he proposed that pi should be the ratio of the circle's circumference to its radius, which is 6.28… Interestingly, although William Jones is credited with being the first to define pi as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it was actually Euler who popularized that option. Today, many mathematicians use tau to represent two pi. |
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Post by UConnChapette on Jan 24, 2023 16:37:40 GMT -5
View AttachmentOkay here it is. Leonard Euler was one of the world's great mathematicians. The book in which he proposed that pi should be the ratio of the circle's circumference to its radius, which is 6.28… Interestingly, although William Jones is credited with being the first to define pi as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, it was actually Euler who popularized that option. Today, many mathematicians use tau to represent two pi. <eyes glazing over - I maxed out on my math understanding with 22/7> |
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Post by radylady on Jan 24, 2023 23:18:01 GMT -5
.....oh dear God....
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Post by semper on Jan 25, 2023 11:08:15 GMT -5
3/14 is national PI day... Yes, and in my opinion, while 3/14 is a good choice for NATIONAL Pi day, I think the 22nd of July would be the INTERNATIONAL choice. Why? It's the feast of Mary Magdalene? |
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