Happy Pi Day!

[Daddymem]

Happy Pi Day!

[glenn kangiser]

Sorry Daddymem.  I thought Pi R Square. hmm

Gotta be a geek to know about this one... and they even have their own org.

http://www.piday.org/

[John_C]

Pie R round.  Cheesecake R square.

[John_C]

For the math geeks.

Do you know what a googol is?
Or a googolplex?

[Daddymem]

Oh yeah, and....

[gandalfthegrey]

For the math geeks.

Do you know what a googol is?
Or a googolplex?

I do (10/100 that is 1 followed by 100 zeros)and also a quark  Do a search for the Hadron Collider.

[Redoverfarm]

John C I am like you Pie are round and cobbler are square.

[John_C]

a googol = 10 to the 100th power or  1 followed by 100 zeros.

a googolplex = 10 to the googol power  or  1 followed by a googol of zeros ... also the largest named number.

So much for Pi day.  On to the ides of March. Anybody got ides trivia? 

[gandalfthegrey]

What famous ring was destroyed on the Ides of March? Hint! It was one of many.

[John_C]

I'm guessing   Marvolo's ring

[gandalfthegrey]

No, not a Potter ring but good try.

[gandalfthegrey]

No takers?  OK here is how it went

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, ash nazg thrakatulûk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul.

The Ring of Mordor destroyed by Frodo in Mount Doom. 

I gandalfthegrey of course knew this.

[John_C]

That was my first thought, given your avatar, but the One Ring wasn't destroyed until March 25, 3019.   March 15 was the battle of Pelenor Fields.

http://www.lordotrings.com/books/timeline4.asp

[gandalfthegrey]

Sounds like I need to send a note to Wikipedia.. ..They blew it.

I have the full volumes of LOTR and Hobbit right behind me I will need to check the author notes again.

And thanks for the link.  I must have the largest favorites file ever.

[sparks]

What was Tom Terrific's dog's name? ( has nothing to do with PI day) His friends were bunny rabbit, Mr Moose , Mr Greenjeans, and Grandfather Clock.

[MountainDon]

Sounds like I need to send a note to Wikipedia.. ..They blew it.

You can go edit the article on Wikipedia. Just have to sign up.

[gandalfthegrey]

Looks like someone beat me to it.  It no longer shows in wikipedia.