tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post4266663340043640803..comments2024-02-24T03:34:18.060-05:00Comments on Stealing Commas: Happy 2π daychris the cynichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-85784911749982451932012-06-29T11:41:13.610-04:002012-06-29T11:41:13.610-04:00Well, I've been meaning to try to make a video...Well, I've been meaning to try to make a video for a while, and it suddenly hit me that it could be "Defending pi on Tau Day." Otherwise I really wouldn't care that much, but in this case it seemed poetic. Then that didn't happen.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-9274822569284012392012-06-29T11:39:34.831-04:002012-06-29T11:39:34.831-04:00Strawberry rhubarb is the best pie, however the pl...Strawberry rhubarb is the best pie, however the place from which I got the pie does not make a good strawberry rhubarb. They make it, but it's not good, their apple pie, on the other hand, is quite passable.chris the cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06872875475212333027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-68175068067530694512012-06-29T10:26:58.710-04:002012-06-29T10:26:58.710-04:00Decoding a series of decimals into non-decimal thi...Decoding a series of decimals into non-decimal things irks me. There's nothing magical about base 10! Perhaps it would make more sense for a "constant's day" to be when the 1/k fraction of the year is reached? So pi day would be 1/3.1416... of the way through the year (25 April at 4:23:41am in a non-leap year, 24 April at 5:27:40 in a leap year); e day on 13 May at 6:37:26 (or in a leap year 12 May at 15:27:11)...Firedrakenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-9751320140333591842012-06-29T10:04:14.706-04:002012-06-29T10:04:14.706-04:00July 22, pi approximation day!
Instead of postin...July 22, pi approximation day! <br /><br />Instead of posting a witty, intelligent response to your comment, I'm just going to link to Ryan North's comic on the subject of pi approximation. http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=955<br /><br />Also, no pie can match strawberry rhubarb in my esteem.Smilodonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3889388775673754833.post-64199503432540725892012-06-28T17:39:53.997-04:002012-06-28T17:39:53.997-04:00If you want to get it more thought out and still p...If you want to get it more thought out and still post it on a fitting date, there's still 22/7.<br /><br />Apple pie's nice and all, but it's hard to beat a good chocolate cream pie, with the mousse and the chocolate graham cracker crust...and Thanksgiving's not until October*. I wonder if we at least have some cranberry jelly.<br /><br />*<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28Canada%29" rel="nofollow">No, really.</a> (<em>And</em> November, because we can. Oh, Mom'll say something about the drop or two of Miles Standish's blood in our veins, but mostly because we can.)Brinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18034585577015417306noreply@blogger.com