Showing posts with label St Patrick’s Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St Patrick’s Day. Show all posts

Saturday, March 14

Have some pi today


Today is 3.14, in American-style notation. Are we the only country where we do Month/Day/ Year? Wouldn’t it make more sense to go smallest to largest with the middle in the middle? Or backward; Year/Month/Day? The rest of the world does. The rest of the world also uses the metric system, except Borneo, I think.

Wait till 2015! Then it will be 3.14.15! And at 9:26:53 in the morning there will be mathematicians wetting their pants with excitement! Imagine—3.141592653…who could ask for more? Except maybe a cold green beer, seeing as how it’s also St Patrick’s Day.

Addendum: I just found out St Patrick’s day is on March 17. Sorry, but go ahead and have a beer anyway.