Pi Day

[blunthead]

Why Pi Matters - The New Yorker

 

[Grandpa]

Now, that Pi Day has come and gone, we need to gear up for tomorrow, when we have Pi Day again. Specifically, at 7:02 a.m.

In base 11. 3.16150702.

I don't think it'll quite as catchy, though. That's my working hypothesis.

Okay, back to our "normal" base. Although we can't define Pi numerically, we can determine its exact place on the number line.

On a number line, at zero, you have a circle with a radius of one. The intersection point of the circle and the number line is a. Roll the circle along the number line until a intersects once again. That point is Pi.

 

[not_nadine]

Check out the big brain on Grandpa!

 

[Grandpa]

Check out the big brain on Grandpa!

It's called mastery of crap that no one cares about nor that has any positive influence on anyone's life.

 

[blunthead]

Now, that Pi Day has come and gone, we need to gear up for tomorrow, when we have Pi Day again. Specifically, at 7:02 a.m.

In base 11. 3.16150702.

I don't think it'll quite as catchy, though. That's my working hypothesis.

Okay, back to our "normal" base. Although we can't define Pi numerically, we can determine its exact place on the number line.

On a number line, at zero, you have a circle with a radius of one. The intersection point of the circle and the number line is a. Roll the circle along the number line until a intersects once again. That point is Pi.

Stop teasing and splain, please.

 

[Grandpa]

Stop teasing and splain, please.

Numbers can be expressed in different bases. Computers work on base 2, or binary. The binary number system has just two numbers, 0 and 1. All numbers in binary are expressed using those two numbers.

Undoubtedly because we have ten fingers, our numbers are usually expressed in base 10, or decimal. We have 10 numbers, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. All numbers in decimal are expressed using those 10 numbers.

In base 11, numbers would be expressed using 11 numbers. So when you get higher than 10, you see a different expression. Hence, Pi in base 11 has a somewhat different expression.

It's the same number. It's just expressed differently.

 

[blunthead]

Numbers can be expressed in different bases. Computers work on base 2, or binary. The binary number system has just two numbers, 0 and 1. All numbers in binary are expressed using those two numbers.

Undoubtedly because we have ten fingers, our numbers are usually expressed in base 10, or decimal. We have 10 numbers, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. All numbers in decimal are expressed using those 10 numbers.

In base 11, numbers would be expressed using 11 numbers. So when you get higher than 10, you see a different expression. Hence, Pi in base 11 has a somewhat different expression.

It's the same number. It's just expressed differently.

Thanx.

 

[Dana Jean]

Now, that Pi Day has come and gone, we need to gear up for tomorrow, when we have Pi Day again. Specifically, at 7:02 a.m.

In base 11. 3.16150702.

I don't think it'll quite as catchy, though. That's my working hypothesis.

Okay, back to our "normal" base. Although we can't define Pi numerically, we can determine its exact place on the number line.

On a number line, at zero, you have a circle with a radius of one. The intersection point of the circle and the number line is a. Roll the circle along the number line until a intersects once again. That point is Pi.

Numbers can be expressed in different bases. Computers work on base 2, or binary. The binary number system has just two numbers, 0 and 1. All numbers in binary are expressed using those two numbers.

Undoubtedly because we have ten fingers, our numbers are usually expressed in base 10, or decimal. We have 10 numbers, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. All numbers in decimal are expressed using those 10 numbers.

In base 11, numbers would be expressed using 11 numbers. So when you get higher than 10, you see a different expression. Hence, Pi in base 11 has a somewhat different expression.

It's the same number. It's just expressed differently.

I stopped reading at "In base 11. 3.16150702." The stripper booth door slid down on my eyes after that.

 

[not_nadine]

Hate when that happens

 

[blunthead]

 

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[Grandpa]

Awesome.