International PI Day Is Coming

[PIEBALDconsult]

Well whoopdie-frickin-doo.

[Tim Carmichael]

For those of us that work with OSISoft's PI system... it is.

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

Well, la dee frickin da

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[PIEBALDconsult]

Oh, no... back to therapy... :sigh: Here's a comment I wrote nearly twenty years ago:

// The version of PI we are currently running does not include pisn_sendexcepstruc which we want to use
// so it is commented out and pisn_sendexceptions is used instead.
// When pisn_sendexcepstruc becomes available, this should be changed

// pisn_sendexcepstruc(line_array [line].tag [index].pt ,
// line_array [line].tag [index].type ,
// &(line_array [line].tag [index].except) ,
// &(line_array [line].tag [index].count));

[0bx]

Most interesting fact about pi: you only need the first 6 digits to send a spacecraft into orbit of another star, yet some people memorize 100 digits of the number and it makes them feel smart.

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[Amarnath S]

Not in this part of the world. dd/mm/yyyy here.* For us, there is a somewhat coarse way: 22/7. (355/113 is better, but no day like that). Nothing like 3.141592653 seems possible here :-( * India

[Rob Grainger]

Here in the UK we have to wait for 31/4/15 9:26:53.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

[Tim Carmichael]

Oooo... API calls... been using the SDK for so long now, I forgot out all of that joy. Mind you, my experience goes back to Toolkit calls when it was on VAX/VMS.

[PIEBALDconsult]

Tim Carmichael wrote:

VAX/VMS

Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

then 31.4.15 9:26:53

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[Amarnath S]

+5 Sure. Yes. Slipped my mind :-( (I was looking for 3.xx and not 31.xx; too much thinking 'inside the box')

[Lost User]

PIEBALDconsult wrote:

VAX/VMS

Yes. This was that. The fall of 1995. The guy who hired me called it "an Alpha-based VAX", which makes no sense at all, like saying "Pentium-based 486".

VAX/VMS was originally a 32bit system. In the early '90s it was ported to the Alpha chip (64bit) Perhaps you were being informed you would be working on the 64bit (Alpha-based) version?

There are strangers on the Plain, Croaker

[PIEBALDconsult]

That would just be an Alpha (as I'm sure it was), with which I was already familiar. It's also possible the system had originally been a VAX and then refurbished to be an Alpha. :shrug:

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Any talk of VAX/VMS in these fora, and I feel obliged to draw everyone's attention to my license plate[^]. /ravi

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[Jorgen Andersson]

Have you had a look in a calendar before you wrote that. :-D

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

LOL. Of course. :-D

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

You must have a different calendar than what we do in the US. For us, April has only 30 days. :-D

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[Jorgen Andersson]

:thumbsup:

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

[Rob Grainger]

Well done, you caught my intentional mistake ;-) :: cough :: Guess I'll have to wait until the 3rd of January, 4159.

"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough." Alan Kay.

[Nicholas Marty]

And here I thought april only has 30 days. ;-P