WDIK Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 Best wishes to all you math fans on this "square root" day. We won't celebrate another for over seven years. ...but then again, What Do I Know?
J Simmons Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 I feel a bit like a square root everday, but today especially so. Now I know why. BTW, is there a day we celebrate Pythagorem's theorem? John Simmons johnsimmonslaw@gmail.com Note to Readers: For you, I'm a stranger posting on a bulletin board. Posts here should not be given the same weight as personalized advice from a professional who knows or can learn all the facts of your situation.
david rigby Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Coming soon. Pi Day. March 14. I'm a retirement actuary. Nothing about my comments is intended or should be construed as investment, tax, legal or accounting advice. Occasionally, but not all the time, it might be reasonable to interpret my comments as actuarial or consulting advice.
J Simmons Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Tom, you have quite the wardrobe! BTW, was January 1, 2001 recognized and celebrated as a square root day? John Simmons johnsimmonslaw@gmail.com Note to Readers: For you, I'm a stranger posting on a bulletin board. Posts here should not be given the same weight as personalized advice from a professional who knows or can learn all the facts of your situation.
BG5150 Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 What digits of 3/3/2009 make it a square root day? QKA, QPA, CPC, ERPATwo wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
Belgarath Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 I'll probably regret asking, but what is "towel day?"
Tom Poje Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 guess that explain why 3/14 is PI day Cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3 point 1 4 1 5 9 I guess the true PI day would have been 3/14/159 and going further 3/14/1592 (I forget what I was doing that day)
GMK Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Towel Day - in remembrance of Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which is recorded the first rule: Don't Panic. (Seems worth remembering these days.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day
Belgarath Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 How could I forget! I haven't read it for a while, but I still remember snatches of Vogon poetry: Ah freddled gruntbuggly, thy micturations are to me..."
BG5150 Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 3/3/09? SQRT of 3309 is 57.5239 Or do you mean that 3 * 3 = 09? QKA, QPA, CPC, ERPATwo wrongs don't make a right, but three rights make a left.
GMK Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Good point. I'm not sure, but maybe it was: the sqrt (3 divided by 3 divided by 9) = sqrt (0.11) = 0.33, as in the 3rd day of the 3rd month (to within rounding errors and with some imagination). Sorry for the confusion. (Don't Panic.)
A Shot in the Dark Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 You all must enjoy the show, "The Big Bang Theory". Not that there is anything wrong with that.
J Simmons Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 You all must enjoy the show, "The Big Bang Theory". What blog is that on? John Simmons johnsimmonslaw@gmail.com Note to Readers: For you, I'm a stranger posting on a bulletin board. Posts here should not be given the same weight as personalized advice from a professional who knows or can learn all the facts of your situation.
GMK Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 A Shot... - I've never seen "Big Bang." Is it any good?
RCK Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Yes, Big Bang Theory is entertaining. (given a willing suspension of disbelief). I believe that many frequent posters here are represented there. And as long as I'm insulting people here, to J Simmons: PYTHAGOREM???
GMK Posted March 4, 2009 Posted March 4, 2009 Careful, RCK. JSimmons has an acute sense about what is the right angle to take to get to the root of issues on these boards without being obtuse.
Guest rmg Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 BG5150, You're being too literal! . . . this is a FUN thing, so just go with the flow. The square root of 9 is 3 y'know, so have fun even if the way we write the dates doesn't quite make it a "perfect" square root day. And for those of us who work with or are related to teachers, we see that for them it's a fun way to get the kids who aren't into numbers excited for once. One of my friends made a whole "square" dinner -- lasagna with each piece cut into a square, brownies (cut into squares), spinach casserole (again, cut into a square). (And for all the actuaries around HERE, it's a day where their obsession with numbers is okay LOL) Who's going to put Mole Day down on their calendar to remind us when it comes around (October 23 -- commemorates Avogadro's Number (6.02 x 10^23), which is a basic measuring unit (a mole) in chemistry)?
Belgarath Posted March 5, 2009 Posted March 5, 2009 Here in BoSox heaven, Mole Day is sometime in April when the snow finally melts, and you see that your lawn has been destroyed (yet again) by the little devils... Personally, I prefer to refer to it as "Avocado's number" and celebrate the day by consuming avocado stuffed with crab or lobster salad.
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