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swordtail
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Wed Mar 14 16:29:26 2018
HAPPY PI DAY: March 14th (3.14) is day, and all around the world pi-philes are celebrating one of the most compelling and mysterious constants of Nature. Pi appears in equations describing the orbits of planets, the colors of auroras, the structure of DNA. The value of is woven into the fabric of life, the universe and ... everything.

Humans have struggled to calculate for thousands of years. Divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter; the ratio is . Sounds simple, but the devil is in the digits. While the value of is finite (a smidgen more than 3), the decimal number is infinitely long:

3.1415926535897932384626433832795
02884197169399375105820974944592307
81640628620899862803482534211706...more

Supercomputers have succeeded in calculating more than 2700 billion digits and they're still crunching. The weirdest way to compute : throw toothpicks at a table or frozen hot dogs on the floor. Party time.

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smart dude
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Wed Mar 14 16:54:49 2018
There is nothing mysterious about pi.
Hot Rod
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Wed Mar 14 17:05:39 2018

"Pi appears in equations describing the orbits of planets, the colors of auroras, the structure of DNA."


Yes, but can it make a good cup of coffee?

Y2A
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Thu Mar 15 06:10:32 2018
2.71828182845904523536028747135266249775724709369995
patom
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Thu Mar 15 11:22:04 2018
I much prefer Blueberry (Maine wild blueberry) pie. Apple as a second choice.
jergul
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Thu Mar 15 13:04:35 2018
How many squares of any size fit into a circle?
Not
Would you like a cup of Joe?
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