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Indeed, a notable day #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 16:43 GMT

It's not only Pi day, look up March 14th in google for details...

Why Pi approximation day? #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 16:46 GMT

Why can't Europeans have Pi day on 3rd January at 4:15?

Because #

By Anonymous Coward Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 17:32 GMT

in Europe, most people are in bed at 4:15! Our day starts at midnight, so we work from 09:00-17:00 ..... not 21:00 to 05:00 as in the USA.

Favourite Pi Song #

By david clarke Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 18:56 GMT

My favourite Pi song is "3.14", as sung by the enigmatic Gabriela Robin on Seatbelt's "Cowboy Bebop O.S.T. Future Blues." Only just over 50 digits, but a pretty song none-the-less. I haven't verified the accuracy.

A Limerick for Pi Day #

By Drew Cullen Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 19:40 GMT

This contribution, from Alex, was emailed to me. I thought it deserved a wider airing:

Happy Pi day to our US brethren! This calls for a limerick:

'Tis a favourite pastime of mine

A new value of pi to assign.

I would fix it at three

for it's simpler, you see,

Than 3.14159.'

You missed the Real Celebration #

By Drew Cullen Posted Wednesday 14th March 2007 19:43 GMT

And this - from John Madden.

"I'm afraid, you all missed the real celebration of pi - the celebrations of 2000 & pi years of the Gregorian calendar.

So important was this celebration, that a website in its honour remains to this day.

So visit http://www.csn.ul.ie/~mel/pi/ and be informed of the pi celebration you all missed!"

After the approximation comes the accurate one... #

By John Angelico Posted Thursday 15th March 2007 09:18 GMT

And then when the real world reaches July 22nd, we can celebrate all over again.

You may regard me as ab-surd, and fractionally improper, but at least it's the more accurate :-) version.

Future celebrations #

By Edward Fingleton Posted Thursday 15th March 2007 09:52 GMT

I look forward to the PI day celebrations in 2015, as surely they will eclipse all done to date.

3/14/15 - perhaps the official celebrations could begin at 9am :p