Happy Pi day

Geoff45 (Geoff) · #1 22-07-2009, 08:17 AM

Today has the date 22/7, which makes it Pi day. To celebrate this occasion, someone gave me the pi dish shown in the thumbnail. It has pi to 88 decimal places around the rim.

(For those who are interested in such things, the approximation 22/7 is only correct to 3 dp)

Geoff

TrevorW · #2 24-07-2009, 11:03 AM

Have a piece of Pi on me

renormalised (Carl) · #3 24-07-2009, 11:09 AM

It's really all just Pi in the sky

AlexN · #4 24-07-2009, 11:21 AM

I like Pi.

pgc hunter · #5 24-07-2009, 11:39 AM

I'm having a very sad pi day.

dannat (Daniel) · #6 24-07-2009, 12:15 PM

where can you buy the pi dish? i want one

Baddad (Marty) · #7 24-07-2009, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by renormalised

It's really all just Pi in the sky

Hi Carl, Hi All,

Point ya' scope to the sky, Ya might get Pi Eyed.

Interesting plate Geoff.

Cheers Marty

h0ughy (David) · #8 24-07-2009, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pgc hunter

I'm having a very sad pi day.

are you PIning?

what a dinner table talking piece!

pgc hunter · #9 24-07-2009, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

are you PIning?

what a dinner table talking piece!

Yes I am PIning. It was clear last night (only after I finished drinking), and was 'sposed to be sunny today, but there is all this crappy high cloud just in time to ruin tonight

spacezebra (Petra) · #10 24-07-2009, 01:38 PM

Have a great day Pi

Cheers Petra d.

Robh (Rob) · #11 24-07-2009, 01:39 PM

Geoff,

A wonderful gift and talking piece. I think everyone has a fascination with pi.
22/7 is accurate to 3 digits. A rather less known but better approximation for pi is 355/113 (accurate to 7 digits). The fraction has the odd sequence starting from bottom 113 then 355 (two 1s, two 3s, two 5s).
Today, pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits.
11 decimal places is sufficient to calculate the length of the Earth's Equator to the nearest mm and 29 decimal places would give the circumference of the observable Universe to the nearest mm.

Regards, Rob

ving (David) · #12 24-07-2009, 01:54 PM

mmm... big ben =pi x r2

wasyoungonce (Brendan) · #13 24-07-2009, 01:58 PM

Introducing the all new Mazda Pi.

AstralTraveller (David) · #14 24-07-2009, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Introducing the all new Mazda Pi.

I tried one of those. No matter where I went it felt as though I was driving in circles.

Baddad (Marty) · #15 24-07-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Robh

Geoff,
Today, pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits.
11 decimal places is sufficient to calculate the length of the Earth's Equator to the nearest mm and 29 decimal places would give the circumference of the observable Universe to the nearest mm.

Regards, Rob

Hi Rob,

How many decimal places to calculate a Macca's quarter pounder to the nearest mm?

Cheers Marty

pgc hunter · #16 24-07-2009, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi Rob,

How many decimal places to calculate a Macca's quarter pounder to the nearest mm?

Cheers Marty

you mean micro metre

Baddad (Marty) · #17 24-07-2009, 03:40 PM

Hi SAB,

Cheers Marty

wasyoungonce (Brendan) · #18 24-07-2009, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

I tried one of those. No matter where I went it felt as though I was driving in circles.

Ahhhh then you'll be wanting the Saab 93 Linear instead.

Robh (Rob) · #19 24-07-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Baddad

Hi Rob,

How many decimal places to calculate a Macca's quarter pounder to the nearest mm?

Cheers Marty

Hi Marty,
You'll have to be more specific. Is it beef or kangaroo?

Regards, Rob

renormalised (Carl) · #20 24-07-2009, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Ahhhh then you'll be wanting the Saab 93 Linear instead.

Why = MX + see