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10 Ways To Celebrate Pi Day

Posted by samzenpus on from the irrational-holiday dept.

alphadogg writes "There are holidays, and then there are holidays for nerds, and March 14 (3.14) is one of those. Based on the mathematical constant number that represents the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle, Pi Day has grown to become somewhat of a day to celebrate for mathematicians and techies. Here are 10 things to do on the big day."

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  1. You just missed it -- by Corf · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm on the east coast of the USA. This story was posted two minutes before it should have been.

    Posted by samzenpus on 01:57 PM March 14th, 2012

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  2. Lame by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That was an incredibly dumb, ad-laden slideshow. How much does Network World pay to get adclicks for these stupid stories? Seriously did they spend anything more than 5 minutes chunking that turd out?

  3. Re:Why is this article 10+ pages by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Less ads on one page rather than 10.

  4. Re:If you are American by oodaloop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sensible to you maybe. The American way reads the way the date is normally spoken. We usually say "March 14th 2012", not "the 14th of March 2012. Sometimes other people do things differently. We also drive on the wrong side of the road! Get over it.

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  5. Our Pi Day by netsavior · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First I taught my kids (age 5 and 6) about Pi with a circle drawing and a ruler and some string.
    Then I taught them about the greek alphabet so they would understand what the "Pi" symbol came from
    Then I taught them about homophones
    Then I taught them about puns based on homophones
    Then we made a pie, they learned about measuring and cooking.

    Then we ate pie while they snickered about the fact that they don't have to do school work during spring break.

  6. Pie of course by shreak · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I got home yesterday my daughter asked me "Will you help me make pumpkin pie if I go get the stuff for it?" I said "sure" because opportunities to hang out with my daughter are rare to be sure. So we're making pumpkin pie, well she is, I'm just there for moral support I guess.

    I ask "So what is the pie for?"
    She says "Tomorrow is pi day so I'm bringing pie to school"
    I say "Oh, cool"

    Inside I'm thinking "How the fuck did I get shit this right?"

    signed,
    stumbling into success