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March 14th Officially Becomes National Pi Day

Posted by Soulskill on from the pi-in-the-sky-legislation dept.

whitefox writes "The scoop from CNet is that 'The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution introduced two days earlier that designates March 14, 2009 (3/14, get it?) as National Pi Day. It urges schools to take the opportunity to teach their students about Pi and "engage them about the study of mathematics."' The resolution is available online. I doubt it'll ever become a national holiday, but the Pi string in the article is pretty cool in a nerdy sort of way."

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  1. e Day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    What makes pi so special? Support making February 71st e Day!

  2. Pi string by tpheiska · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Pi string in the article is pretty cool in a nerdy sort of way."

    First thought: Ah, they have some kind of string representation of pi instead of just using a double. Excuse me, I'll kill myself now.

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  3. Re:From across the pond by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But Pi approximation day - 22/7 is quite a holiday I hear.

  4. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by thestreetmeat · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's likely that if you're celebrating one, you're not celebrating the other.

  5. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by azgard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe they should claim June 9th.

  6. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by The+Clockwork+Troll · · Score: 5, Funny

    If everyone shut their pie hole, Steak and BJ day wouldn't exactly be as much fun either.

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  7. Pi Day in Europe... by rHBa · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Europe we celebrate Pi on the 31st of April...

    ...oh!

  8. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by Firehed · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can do as you please, but I for one will NOT be putting steak up my nose.

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  9. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by Deadstick · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, you could call it Steak and Hair Pi Day.

    rj