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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. But March 14th is already taken! by richy+freeway · · Score: 5, Informative

    Steak and Blowjob day has already claimed March 14th.

    http://www.steakandbjday.com/

    1. 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.

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

      Maybe they should claim June 9th.

    3. 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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    4. 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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    5. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by Deadstick · · Score: 5, Funny

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

      rj

    6. Re:But March 14th is already taken! by megaditto · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Read your post again after you've been married over a year.

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  2. It's a Saturday by crow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ahh, Congress. Finally get around to encouraging schools to use this for educational purposes on a year when it falls on a Saturday. Brilliant.

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

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

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

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

  6. Re:From across the pond by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We're planning a big party on 31 April 2015 (31/4/15), starts 9:26.

  7. A modest proposal by azaris · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How about teaching children about all the ways mathematics is useful in the sciences, engineering, public policy making, risk analysis, investments etc. rather than advocating pointless numerology that makes "mathematicians" look more like deranged Pythagoreans who worship numbers?

  8. Re:From across the pond by DerPflanz · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Euhm, there are more languages in the world than English, many of them also use dates; I say "veertien maart tweeduizend negen". Which makes 14/03/2009. Besides, this way, the smallest (day) comes first, then the bigger (month), then the biggest (year). There is a reason that ISO dates are yyyy-mm-dd (big-to-small), so they sort correctly.

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  9. Re:From across the pond by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whoever moderated this "insightful": you know April only has 30 days, don't you?

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

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

    ...oh!