Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-15 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
> OK wrote: Monday ... is Pi day - and will be the last time for 100 years that the abbreviated MDY notation will equal Pi to four decimal points 3.1416. Err - no. the year is 2016, not 16 - and 3142016 is not pi. The date format described in ISO-8601 is so much nicer; year-month-day.

Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-15 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Err - "the *abbreviated* MDY notation". On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 11:22 AM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > OK wrote: > > > > Monday ... is Pi day - and will be the last time for 100 > > years that the abbreviated MDY notation will equal Pi to > > four decimal points

Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-15 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-15 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> OK wrote: > > Monday ... is Pi day - and will be the last time for 100 > years that the abbreviated MDY notation will equal Pi to > four decimal points 3.1416. Err - no. the year is 2016, not 16 - and 3142016 is not pi. The date format described in ISO-8601 is so much nicer;

Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-12 Thread Fred Moir via Mercedes
Time to get pi-eyed! Fred. Fred Moir. Lynn MA. Diesel preferred. From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: 12 March 2016 20:27 To: Mercedes Discussion List Cc: OK Don Subje

Re: [MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-12 Thread Max Dillon via Mercedes
I'll second the motion! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On March 12, 2016 3:27:58 PM EST, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >Monday, the day after the annual time chaos, is Pi day - and will be >the >last time for 100 years that the abbreviated MDY notation will

[MBZ] Pi day is coming!

2016-03-12 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
Monday, the day after the annual time chaos, is Pi day - and will be the last time for 100 years that the abbreviated MDY notation will equal Pi to four decimal points 3.1416. I think we should celebrate this special day by eating pie at every meal - breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. All