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3.14.15 9:26:53

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Originally posted by Pianoman1
3.14.15 9:26:53
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Originally posted by Pianoman1
3.14.15 9:26:53
guess us in UK will have to wait for 3rd Jan 2041 !!

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Originally posted by st dominics preview
guess us in UK will have to wait for 3rd Jan 2041 !!
count me out

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Originally posted by redbadger
count me out
oh, come on, Badge. Had you down as a 'pieman'!

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Originally posted by st dominics preview
oh, come on, Badge. Had you down as a 'pieman'!
I am but I will never live long enough to reach that date.

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"Any day is a good day for pie." -- Fabienne, Pulp Fiction, 1994

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Originally posted by Suzianne
"Any day is a good day for pie." -- Fabienne, Pulp Fiction, 1994
ah, but depends what the filling is!

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Originally posted by Pianoman1
3.14.15 9:26:53
3.14.15 9:26:53.58979

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Question: What do you get if you divide the circumference of a bowl of ice cream by its diameter?
Answer: Pi a’la mode.

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Wasn't March 14 coincidentally the birth date of Albert Einstein?

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Wasn't March 14 coincidentally the birth date of Albert Einstein?
What is the coincidence?

Give me any date and I will coincidently find someone who has a birthday.

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
What is the coincidence?

Give me any date and I will coincidently find someone who has a birthday.
was Einstein a great 'player' in the Mathematics of 'pi'?? I think most of that had been done by the 1500's!

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Originally posted by st dominics preview
I think most of that had been done by the 1500's!
Knowing that there is a constant ratio between radius and circumference
has been known for millennia. Egyptians, Indians, Chinese etc.

The approximation of 3 was used by many (in the bible?)

I think the reeks squeezed a circle between 2 polygons to get a good value.
Presumably that method could be used to get an increasingly accurate value
as the sides of the polygon increase?

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Originally posted by wolfgang59
What is the coincidence?

Give me any date and I will coincidently find someone who has a birthday.
December 25th? 🙄