Comments on: What Will You Be Doing On The Big Day? http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:54:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: era http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15047 era Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:31:49 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15047 Clifford, you'll be happy to know my lab will be celebrating today at 4:13 pm (best we could think of since the other times were busy, and for some reason nobody wanted to wake up/stay up for the canonical hour of 1:59:26 am, as I used to do in the old days) with homemade apple-pi and blueberry-pi and number-shaped cookies and pi-napple juice. And this is my ninth year as an observant... er, pi-ous celebrator of this joyous holiday :) Clifford, you’ll be happy to know my lab will be celebrating today at 4:13 pm (best we could think of since the other times were busy, and for some reason nobody wanted to wake up/stay up for the canonical hour of 1:59:26 am, as I used to do in the old days) with homemade apple-pi and blueberry-pi and number-shaped cookies and pi-napple juice.

And this is my ninth year as an observant… er, pi-ous celebrator of this joyous holiday :)

]]> By: erc http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15045 erc Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:57:12 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15045 Sorry. I meant April 16th. Sorry. I meant April 16th.

]]> By: erc http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15044 erc Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:56:26 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15044 So, this one may be a little more tricky: using British ordering of dates (day then month) what is April 4th? (Other than my sister's birthday) (Sorry about the double post. Hit "Submit" by accident.) So, this one may be a little more tricky: using British ordering of dates (day then month) what is April 4th? (Other than my sister’s birthday)

(Sorry about the double post. Hit “Submit” by accident.)

]]> By: erc http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15043 erc Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:46:49 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15043 1.61803 = (1+√5)/2 = golden ratio 1.61803 = (1+√5)/2 = golden ratio

]]> By: Clifford http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15038 Clifford Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:46:14 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15038 So on the 6th of January, at 3 minutes past 6 in the afternoon, I think that everyone should celebrate one of my favourite numbers. Anyone know what that is? -cvj So on the 6th of January, at 3 minutes past 6 in the afternoon, I think that everyone should celebrate one of my favourite numbers. Anyone know what that is?

-cvj

]]> By: Navneeth http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15035 Navneeth Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:35:09 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15035 I never knew about Pi-Day until I came across it in the list of selected anniversaries at Wikipedia. So, mathematicians are much more nerdy than I thought. ;) Another way to celebrate Pi-Day would be to find the value of Pi, by hand, upto a million, billion (or any other number your choice) digits. :D We should celebrate the (approximate) e-day, too. It could be celebrated either on 27th January at 08:28 am/pm or on 2nd August at 06:28 pm. This, of course, assumes that you are using the <i>correct</i> date format. :P I never knew about Pi-Day until I came across it in the list of selected anniversaries at Wikipedia. So, mathematicians are much more nerdy than I thought. ;) Another way to celebrate Pi-Day would be to find the value of Pi, by hand, upto a million, billion (or any other number your choice) digits. :D

We should celebrate the (approximate) e-day, too. It could be celebrated either on 27th January at 08:28 am/pm or on 2nd August at 06:28 pm. This, of course, assumes that you are using the correct date format. :P

]]> By: Plato http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15023 Plato Tue, 14 Mar 2006 04:35:35 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15023 Well you could always watch the movie called <a href="http://www.pithemovie.com/fadein.gif" rel="nofollow">PI</a>? You can see more <a href="http://www.pithemovie.com/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Well you could always watch the movie called PI?

You can see more here.

]]> By: Erik http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15014 Erik Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:19:29 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15014 Pi day is 22 July. Pi day is 22 July.

]]> By: Clifford http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15013 Clifford Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:58:35 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15013 Heh heh heh! -cvj Heh heh heh!

-cvj

]]> By: TomC http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15011 TomC Mon, 13 Mar 2006 23:54:39 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15011 I thought for sure you were referring to the WMAP3 release. I thought for sure you were referring to the WMAP3 release.

]]> By: Clifford http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15007 Clifford Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:33:13 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15007 Perhaps. (For those who don't know.... Pi day is also Einstein's birthday). -cvj Perhaps. (For those who don’t know…. Pi day is also Einstein’s birthday).

-cvj

]]> By: Ken Muldrew http://cosmicvariance.com/2006/03/13/what-will-you-be-doing-on-the-big-day/#comment-15006 Ken Muldrew Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:32:00 +0000 http://cosmicvariance.com/?p=698#comment-15006 I wonder if Einstein celebrated this day with a birthday pie instead of the traditional cake. I wonder if Einstein celebrated this day with a birthday pie instead of the traditional cake.

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