Happy Pi Day
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In the interests of accuracy, I can't help feeling we should move pi day to 22nd July, or as we write in the UK 22/7 I can't think of 14/3 as a good approximation of PI.
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But π day isn't until 31st April! ;P Edit: Yes, I know there isn't a 31st April, but until we switch to a calendar with at least 14 months, it's the only date that fits.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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Tim Carmichael wrote:
OSISoft PI (Plant Information)
I had a three month contract working with that way back in 1995.
I've used it since the early '90s. Left my last job (after 13 years) to work with it exclusively; in a group with 8 other people doing the same thing. I was asked about the wisdom of leaving a position as an employee to becoming a contractor. My reply: I've dreamed of this opportunity for 20 years; I don't want to let it pass by. After 14 months, I still enjoy my job everyday.
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We could have an official mini geek holiday 31st April - Pi Day 1st May - Jedi masters day (what's the point of official mayday? - I ain't catholic) Happy to lose a day from the winter calendar months.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
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We could have an official mini geek holiday 31st April - Pi Day 1st May - Jedi masters day (what's the point of official mayday? - I ain't catholic) Happy to lose a day from the winter calendar months.
"It's true that hard work never killed anyone. But I figure, why take the chance." - Ronald Reagan That's what machines are for. Got a problem? Sleep on it.
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dusty_dex wrote:
1st May - Jedi masters day (what's the point of official mayday? - I ain't catholic)
Shouldn't that be May 4th?
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Or 2013-03-14 for that matter.
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But π day isn't until 31st April! ;P Edit: Yes, I know there isn't a 31st April, but until we switch to a calendar with at least 14 months, it's the only date that fits.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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*ahem* http://xkcd.com/1179/[^] tl:dr - ISO Standard Date Format = [yyyy]-[mm]-[dd] Just saying.
So how do you get π from the digits
20130314? ;P
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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So how do you get π from the digits
20130314? ;P
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
It was really just an observation that the debate about March 14th not being Pi Day just because of a date format was silly because few people actually use the "Official" date standard passed down to us by the fine folks at the ISO. But I think you already knew that. :-\
