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Tomorrow morning for a brief instant it will be Pi o'clock. This only happens once a century. (Original Post) Electric Monk Mar 2015 OP
Well, pi also occured yesterday... NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #1
Base 9?!!? What kind of NONsense it that? Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #7
This only happens once a century. Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #15
You know who's the fattest knight at the round table? mindwalker_i Mar 2015 #19
Maybe in 2041 Android3.14 Mar 2015 #29
Witchcraft!! Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #2
Promoting woo BumRushDaShow Mar 2015 #5
cool Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #3
Only in the United States. earthside Mar 2015 #4
I'm really bad at math!!!' madamvlb Mar 2015 #6
3.1416 is next year. Just sayin'. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #8
Well sure, if you are going to round pi to 5 sig fig... Thor_MN Mar 2015 #14
Right, there is no way to "round" to 3.1415. Just sayin'. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #24
Are you sure? Android3.14 Mar 2015 #30
That's what I am saying. It isn't 3.1415. nm rhett o rick Mar 2015 #34
Darn these eyes Android3.14 Mar 2015 #35
Yes, but at 9:26:53 Thor_MN Mar 2015 #32
i like my Pi in the evening. GreatCaesarsGhost Mar 2015 #9
Me too! Seems it's been forgotten. Oh well, more Pi for us. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2015 #10
Wow! My younger son memorized Pi out to 125 digits -- not a record, I realize, SheilaT Mar 2015 #11
Huh?! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #12
Rad! C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Mar 2015 #13
Celebrating Pi Day in Nashville... Tanuki Mar 2015 #16
it would be nice to be there! Duppers Mar 2015 #20
Wow! ReRe Mar 2015 #17
I live in Pi Unknown Beatle Mar 2015 #18
I'll have peach pi all ready. nolabear Mar 2015 #21
Apple or cherry? pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #22
pumpkin JI7 Mar 2015 #23
I celebrate Pi-Day European style, every 31st of April struggle4progress Mar 2015 #25
"This only happens once a century." - Thank goodness. n/t PoliticAverse Mar 2015 #26
God bless the Nerds.. gerogie2 Mar 2015 #27
Excuse me but today is star date 68664 anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #28
Albert Einstein was born on Pi day Android3.14 Mar 2015 #31
Hate to break it to ya... berni_mccoy Mar 2015 #33
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
1. Well, pi also occured yesterday...
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 08:44 PM
Mar 2015

In base 9.

Base 2
11.00100100001111

Base 3
10.01021101222201

Base 4
3.02100333122220

Base 5
3.03232214303343

Base 6
3.05033005141512

Base 7
3.06636514320361

Base 8
3.11037552421026

Base 9
3.12418812407442

Base 10
3.14159265358979

Base 11
3.16150702865A48

Base 12
3.184809493B9186

Base 13
3.1AC1049052A2C7

14
3.1DA75CDA813752

Base 15
3.21CD1DC46C2B7A

Base 16
3.243F6A8885A300

mindwalker_i

(4,407 posts)
19. You know who's the fattest knight at the round table?
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:52 PM
Mar 2015

Sir Cumference

I would have stolen your joke, but that would make me a pi-rate.

 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
11. Wow! My younger son memorized Pi out to 125 digits -- not a record, I realize,
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:59 PM
Mar 2015

but he did impress everyone at the school talent show when he was in 7th grade. Got a standing ovation.

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
16. Celebrating Pi Day in Nashville...
Fri Mar 13, 2015, 11:22 PM
Mar 2015

Doors will open at 9:26...
http://www.ozartsnashville.org/programs/pi-day/
The day’s program begins at 10am. Following opening remarks, North Carolina-based, mathematics-inspired arts educator Mark Hanf will deliver a brief multimedia introduction to pi. Then, around 10:15am, OZ Arts will present a panel discussion in which a variety of luminaries will talk about the intersection of art and science in their work. Participants will include Hanf; Laurie Anderson, one of America’s most consistently daring creative pioneers and NASA’s first and only ever artist-in-residence; Roy Wooten, five-time Grammy-winning percussionist and composer; Cano Ozgener, visual artist and the founder of OZ Arts Nashville; and Mark Rowan, President of Griffin Technology, the industry-leading consumer electronics company headquartered in Nashville. Prior to Griffin, Rowan developed mixing consoles used on independent films, TV shows, and Hollywood blockbusters including Spiderman and Pearl Harbor.

SCHEDULE:

9:26am Doors Open (3.1415926)

Coffee station available (Feisty Goat Coffee)
Breakfast pies (Music City Pie Co.)

Experience visual art installations

10:00am Welcome & introduction to Pi

Mark Hanf (multimedia presentation)

10:20am Introduction of panelists & panel discussion

Panelists: Laurie Anderson / Cano Ozgener / Mark Hanf / Mark Rowan / Roy Wooten

11:20pm Q&A

11:45pm Break

Food trucks on site: Music City Pie Co. / Crankees Pizzeria / Feisty Goat Coffee / Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams & Bar

Experience visual art installations created by: Cano Ozgener

Joseph Hazelwood, Digital video

Mark Hanf, live creation of sculpture

Mark Hanf, artist-engaged demonstration

12:45pm Doors open again for performance of “Pi and the Circle of Harmony”

1:00pm Performance by Roy Wooten ensemble (20+ players, 50min)


 

gerogie2

(450 posts)
27. God bless the Nerds..
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 06:33 AM
Mar 2015

if it wasn't for them we would all be still sitting in caves trying to start a fire with a rock and a twig.

 

Android3.14

(5,402 posts)
31. Albert Einstein was born on Pi day
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 08:07 AM
Mar 2015

Happy 136th birthday, Al.
It is a source of coincidental pride that I share the same birth date.

 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
33. Hate to break it to ya...
Sat Mar 14, 2015, 08:42 AM
Mar 2015

But that date and time happened a very long time ago. This is the year 2015 not 15.

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