Hosnon
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Wed Jun-29-11 11:00 AM
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| 24. June 28th for 6.28, right? |
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Shouldn't it at least be July 28th? Six full months, and then 28 days.
I'd go further and note that it is 6.28 months, so the real Tau Day is somewhere around July 8th.
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| -'Tau day' marked by opponents of maths constant pi |
JI7 |
Jun-29-11 02:21 AM |
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Nope, Pi is better - even if only because of Euler's Identity... |
PoliticAverse |
Jun-29-11 02:29 AM |
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A circle is the meeting of/transistion/space between the organic to the geometric |
Hissyspit |
Jun-29-11 03:33 AM |
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But the tau enthusiasts would say |
Lucky Luciano |
Jun-29-11 06:18 AM |
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Damn... |
Syntheto |
Jun-29-11 04:13 AM |
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Yes, but have you memorized the name of... |
Ferretherder |
Jun-29-11 04:24 AM |
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Yeah, well I memorized all fifty states in alphabetical order, and what did that get me? |
truthisfreedom |
Jun-29-11 05:02 AM |
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I toyed with the idea of memorizing all the area codes. That would have been more useful. n/t |
Ian David |
Jun-29-11 07:38 AM |
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Then you might want to test yourself by memorizing the full name of |
grantcart |
Jun-29-11 09:22 AM |
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Meh, 2 pi is the same thing. nt |
Kokonoe |
Jun-29-11 05:06 AM |
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2 pi or not 2 pi-- |
Jackpine Radical |
Jun-29-11 07:39 AM |
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Mmmmm two pies...nt |
Javaman |
Jun-29-11 07:59 AM |
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"Tau Day" stands no chance of helping their quixotic quest |
caraher |
Jun-29-11 06:16 AM |
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These people are in dire need of a Life... n/t |
BiggJawn |
Jun-29-11 06:48 AM |
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Darn, I missed it. |
surrealAmerican |
Jun-29-11 07:40 AM |
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This is so very liberating! Here are some other math verities what piss me off ... |
the_chinuk |
Jun-29-11 07:50 AM |
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I hate prime numbers so much! nt |
Javaman |
Jun-29-11 08:00 AM |
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ROFLMAO You made my day. |
snagglepuss |
Jun-29-11 01:47 PM |
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Stop being so irrational. |
Dr. Strange |
Jun-29-11 02:18 PM |
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wrong place |
U4ikLefty |
Jun-30-11 12:47 AM |
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Oddly enough, switching from pi to tau changes vacuum permittivity |
Recursion |
Jun-29-11 07:50 AM |
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2 + 2 = 5 |
Roland99 |
Jun-29-11 08:10 AM |
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It's Adam and Pi, not Adam and Tau. |
mahatmakanejeeves |
Jun-29-11 08:41 AM |
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LOL! |
yardwork |
Jun-29-11 09:30 PM |
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Hehe, so in an entirely atheist world this is what people would be killing each other over |
WatsonT |
Jun-29-11 09:07 AM |
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You are an optimist. |
JackRiddler |
Jun-29-11 03:38 PM |
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If the world were really going down the shitter |
tularetom |
Jun-29-11 09:08 AM |
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Which meaning of tau are these folks referring to? |
Sinistrous |
Jun-29-11 10:49 AM |
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I think we should just define all those things to be equal to 6 by law |
struggle4progress |
Jun-29-11 10:55 AM |
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"Pi is exactly three!" |
NoGOPZone |
Jun-29-11 02:32 PM |
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June 28th for 6.28, right? |
Hosnon |
Jun-29-11 11:00 AM |
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Oh, wow, the tau movement starts to splinter |
Jim Lane |
Jun-29-11 01:56 PM |
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July 9th at 6:41:23 p.m. |
Hosnon |
Jun-29-11 02:29 PM |
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Oh, cool, it's on a Saturday this year. |
Jim Lane |
Jun-29-11 05:13 PM |
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Jeez you guys are such dorks! |
redwitch |
Jun-29-11 02:25 PM |
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This is like a passionate debate over whether 4 equals 2x2 or 4x1. |
JackRiddler |
Jun-29-11 03:34 PM |
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Hey! noisy outrage is what we do best here in the innertubes! |
struggle4progress |
Jun-29-11 10:50 PM |
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Are all mathematicians on crack, or just some of them? |
jmowreader |
Jun-29-11 10:58 PM |
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:3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3 :3:3 :3 :3 :3:3 :3 :3 :3:3 :3 :3 :3:3 :3 :3 :3:3 :3 :3 :3 |
sudopod |
Jun-29-11 11:14 PM |
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I know some folks that aren't getting laid. |
U4ikLefty |
Jun-30-11 12:50 AM |
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