Happy Pi Day!
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Jacquers wrote:
Can also be celebrated on 22/7 ? :)
No! That is the approximation of Pi day... But neither 14/3 is the proper Pi day... we need a 3/14 which does not exists as much as I know (no calendar that I know off has more than 13 months)
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
The Mayan calendar had 18 months of 20 days each, plus 5 days tacked on at the end.
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"How I wish I could recollect of circle round the exact relation Archimede unwound" -> 3.1415926535897... The mnemonic my high school teacher taught in 1978.
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14.03 ? I think you should reconsider your math... ;P
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The one I learned was: Now I, even I, would celebrate In rhymes unapt the great Immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore, Who in his wond'rous lore, Passed on before, Left men his guidance How to circles mensurate. 3.141592653689793238462643383279 Of course, I've never had a need for more than 3.142 in any practical calculation! :)
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The one I learned was: Now I, even I, would celebrate In rhymes unapt the great Immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore, Who in his wond'rous lore, Passed on before, Left men his guidance How to circles mensurate. 3.141592653689793238462643383279 Of course, I've never had a need for more than 3.142 in any practical calculation! :)
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Jacquers wrote:
Can also be celebrated on 22/7 ? :)
No! That is the approximation of Pi day... But neither 14/3 is the proper Pi day... we need a 3/14 which does not exists as much as I know (no calendar that I know off has more than 13 months)
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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πis3to me, likewisegis10. :laugh:"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
If you're working out how much of something is needed to cover a cylinder, for example, Pi needs to be bigger than 3. :) But I did research in Nuclear Physics, and I'd still agree that for a quick calculation 3 for Pi, 10 for g is good enough for a quick mental calculation or using a slide rule (I still have mine). Of course, these days, people just plug the numbers into an app on their phone...
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Jacquers wrote:
Can also be celebrated on 22/7 ?
Not in the USA.
