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    Pi day!

    Nobody better knock an excuse to eat large quantities of pie...

    Happy Pi Day! A favorite holiday among geeks, March 14 commemorates one of the
    most fundamental and strange numbers
    in mathematics. It's also Albert Einstein's birthday.
    This is a great excuse to bake pies, as many iReporters have (send us your pie-report!). But there are also lots of reasons to celebrate this number: Pi appears in the search for other planets, in the way that DNA folds, in science at the world's most powerful particle collider, and in many other fields of science.
    The world record for most digits memorized is 67890
    so however much we all think each other sucks in the cafe at least none of us is that guy.
    NOW GO EAT PIE.



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    God damn I can't get that formatting to not be stupid.



    Quote Originally Posted by CornfieldCounty View Post
    You get so wrapped up in the proverbial "its all about me and my" that you loose not only your creditability but any resemblance of intelligence.
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    I'm reaching the point of becoming a lunatic here


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    My daughter just came in second place in her sixth grade class for most digits memorized at 120. She knows 116 more digits than me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChitownHusker View Post
    My daughter just came in second place in her sixth grade class for most digits memorized at 120. She knows 116 more digits than me.
    If she ever hits over 1000 you should encourage her to explore hobbies that might be useful 120 isn't too ridiculous.



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    You get so wrapped up in the proverbial "its all about me and my" that you loose not only your creditability but any resemblance of intelligence.
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    I'm reaching the point of becoming a lunatic here


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    It's also something to do with steak day.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Husker Poyer View Post
    If she ever hits over 1000 you should encourage her to explore hobbies that might be useful 120 isn't too ridiculous.
    Since the competition is over, I have no doubt that at least 100 of the digits have egressed from her brain.
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    pray for me ;)
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    Quote Originally Posted by RedPhoenix View Post
    It's also something to do with steak day.
    "Valentines Day for the guys".

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChitownHusker View Post
    My daughter just came in second place in her sixth grade class for most digits memorized at 120. She knows 116 more digits than me.
    Yikes! She (and the one who beat her) have too much time on their hands - or a teacher with misplaced priorities! As an engineer-geek by college degree, I've always known 3.1415926, and haven't ever found a need to know more digits then that!


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    Quote Originally Posted by RedPhoenix View Post
    It's also something to do with steak day.
    Steak...check...other part...waiting....
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    Surely PI day is an invention of Hallmark, right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by joestrummer View Post
    Steak...check...other part...waiting....
    Poyer said he'd be there in twenty. But don't play with his hair this time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RedPhoenix View Post
    Poyer said he'd be there in twenty. But don't play with his hair this time.
    I can't make any promises.
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    Pi Day! One of my favorite holidays.

    Anyone have a knife?
    It's a great day to be a Husker Fan!

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    March 14, 1592

    3.141592...
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    In honor of all of Rebecca Black's fans, such as Poyer and Showman:


    "Always be ready to make your defense to anyone who demands from you an accounting for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and reverence." 1 Peter 3:15-16 (NRSV)

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    I am now a Christian as this is definitive proof A) There is a god and B) miracles do happen!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChitownHusker View Post
    My daughter just came in second place in her sixth grade class for most digits memorized at 120. She knows 116 more digits than me.
    Now now we all know you have your 7 (or is it 8?) figure salary memorized. So you are saying your daughter inherited her mathematical memorization prowess from her mother?
    I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man that had no feet.

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    Happy 3.1415926 everyone
    I cried because I had no shoes until I saw a man that had no feet.

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    How does this post have 16 replies? You all suck



    Quote Originally Posted by CornfieldCounty View Post
    You get so wrapped up in the proverbial "its all about me and my" that you loose not only your creditability but any resemblance of intelligence.
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    I'm reaching the point of becoming a lunatic here


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    And you're right...I have been drinkin



    Quote Originally Posted by CornfieldCounty View Post
    You get so wrapped up in the proverbial "its all about me and my" that you loose not only your creditability but any resemblance of intelligence.
    Quote Originally Posted by Sonuvahusker View Post
    I'm reaching the point of becoming a lunatic here


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    does that make today "left over pi day"?
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