Back to the articleIndeed, a notable day #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 16:47 GMT
It's not only Pi day, look up March 14th in google for details...
Happy Pi Day
Why Pi approximation day? #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 16:58 GMT
Why can't Europeans have Pi day on 3rd January at 4:15?
Because #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 17:48 GMT
in Europe, most people are in bed at 4:15! Our day starts at midnight, so we work from 09:00-17:00 ..... not 21:00 to 05:00 as in the USA.
Favourite Pi Song #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 19:29 GMT
My favourite Pi song is "3.14", as sung by the enigmatic Gabriela Robin on Seatbelt's "Cowboy Bebop O.S.T. Future Blues." Only just over 50 digits, but a pretty song none-the-less. I haven't verified the accuracy.
A Limerick for Pi Day #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 19:57 GMT
This contribution, from Alex, was emailed to me. I thought it deserved a wider airing:
Happy Pi day to our US brethren! This calls for a limerick:
'Tis a favourite pastime of mine
A new value of pi to assign.
I would fix it at three
for it's simpler, you see,
Than 3.14159.'
You missed the Real Celebration #
Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 19:57 GMT
And this - from John Madden.
"I'm afraid, you all missed the real celebration of pi - the celebrations of 2000 & pi years of the Gregorian calendar.
So important was this celebration, that a website in its honour remains to this day.
So visit http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/pi/ and be informed of the pi celebration you all missed!"
After the approximation comes the accurate one... #
Posted Thursday 15th March 2007 12:20 GMT
And then when the real world reaches July 22nd, we can celebrate all over again.
You may regard me as ab-surd, and fractionally improper, but at least it's the more accurate :-) version.
Future celebrations #
Posted Thursday 15th March 2007 12:20 GMT
I look forward to the PI day celebrations in 2015, as surely they will eclipse all done to date.
3/14/15 - perhaps the official celebrations could begin at 9am :p
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