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Sat 14th Mar 2015 20:52 #1 / 30
Here are some puzzles for the more mathematically inclined: http://wordplay.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/09/%cf%80/
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Sat 14th Mar 2015 22:54 #2 / 30Card Membership - putting the power of factories in your hand.
Celebrating pi day is ..well, irrational.
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Mon 16th Mar 2015 22:16 #3 / 30
Not when there is pie involved. Then it is quite rational.
Of course there are plenty of other irrationalities about it:
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 16:41 #4 / 30
Since Pi is 3.1415(9...), shouldn't Pi day be (rounded to) next year, 3.14.16?
Edited Tue 20th Oct 16:42 [history]
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 16:56 #5 / 30
That would be more rational...
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 19:48 #6 / 30
I think we need a "+1" button here on posts here. Love these last two posts!
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 21:27 #7 / 30
Speaking of day of the century, Marty McFly is supposed to arrive tomorrow in the DeLorean and we don't even have real hover boards for him to ride. WTF science...
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 21:38 #8 / 30
My wife and I were planning on going to the Back to the Future marathon at our local movie theater tomorrow evening. But our baby sitter canceled today. :(
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Tue 20th Oct 2015 23:23 #9 / 30
Korrun wrote:
My wife and I were planning on going to the Back to the Future marathon at our local movie theater tomorrow evening. But our baby sitter canceled today. :(
How old is your kid(s)?
Edited Tue 20th Oct 23:23 [history]
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Wed 21st Oct 2015 02:23 #10 / 30
"I shall pass this way but once, any good I can do, or kindness I can show; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again." -Stephen Grellet
Abishai wrote:
Speaking of day of the century, Marty McFly is supposed to arrive tomorrow in the DeLorean and we don't even have real hover boards for him to ride. WTF science...
erm... actually...
http://www.wired.com/2015/10/how-the-most-promising-hoverboards-actually-work/
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Wed 21st Oct 2015 02:56 #11 / 30
Heck with the hoverboard, where's my flying, time-travelling DeLorean!?
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Wed 21st Oct 2015 08:19 #12 / 30
Ozyman wrote:
Korrun wrote:
My wife and I were planning on going to the Back to the Future marathon at our local movie theater tomorrow evening. But our baby sitter canceled today. :(
How old is your kid(s)?
10 months and 4 years. Both girls.
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Thu 22nd Oct 2015 00:38 #13 / 30
Korrun wrote:
Ozyman wrote:
Korrun wrote:
My wife and I were planning on going to the Back to the Future marathon at our local movie theater tomorrow evening. But our baby sitter canceled today. :(
How old is your kid(s)?
10 months and 4 years. Both girls.
yeah, you can't really bring them with you at that age. Too bad. I've got a 6yo girl. She's actually got an account on wargear, but has only played a couple of private games so far.
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Mon 14th Mar 2016 11:52 #14 / 30
Korrun wrote:
That would be more rational...
Happy RATIONAL Pi Day!
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Mon 14th Mar 2016 14:02 #15 / 30
You also (Or 1/2 tau day if you prefer)! :)
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Mon 14th Mar 2016 14:03 #16 / 30
3.14% of sailors are pi-rates...
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Fri 18th Mar 2016 06:30 #17 / 30
Korrun wrote:
3.14% of sailors are pi-rates...
Ha! I'll share that one with my son, he loves those puns...
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Fri 18th Mar 2016 13:34 #18 / 30
They help assuage the pain of knowing there won't be another good pi day for 100 years. Although they all pale in comparison to the one in 1593.
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Sat 19th Mar 2016 20:33 #19 / 30
Korrun wrote:
...Although they all pale in comparison to the one in 1593.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1593
Funny, no mention of Pi day...
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Sat 19th Mar 2016 22:28 #20 / 30
Really? Try looking under 'Events'.
