Now that is truly illogical. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rune Wesström" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] Re: 3.14159265358979
Maybe you haven´t noticed it in the UK but there is an UE standard for writing dates: YYYY-MM-DD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duncan Dicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 9:26 AM Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] Re: 3.14159265358979 > I realised after I had posted that the reason I never noticed the pi > connection to my birthday is because in the Uk we write dates logically in > increasing order of unit size - days/months/years. Doesn't look quite so > pi > like then! > > Duncan > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GameOfDeath2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 7:20 PM > Subject: [Speed cubing group] Re: 3.14159265358979 > > > > --- In [email protected], "Duncan Dicks" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I consider myself a bit of a geek but I never realised my birthday is > >> pi > >> day. > > > > Not even close to a geek then. > > > > When I was running up to the last couple of weeks I had a counter > > running > > down to my 1 > > billionth birth second. : ) > > I'd accounted for the leap seconds etc. but I was only able to nail the > > exact time down to > > +/- 60 seconds. [Time of birth is only recorded to the minute. : ( ] > > I took a lunch break so I could celebrate. > > > > Also last time I was in NY I arranged to see a friend for my 1/3 > > century. > > (Although this was > > just 33 years + 4 months rather than exactly 100/3 years. I was in the > > UK > > at the erxact > > time, which was the previous day.) > > > > And I'm not a geek, so not realizing that, I'd say you're not either. > > Unless you are in the > > original sideshow sense! > > > >>Problem is that outside of this community I don't know anyone who > >> would find this the least bit interesting. Well I'll just have to be > >> satisfied with my own sense of happiness on this one. > >> > >> Duncan > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Tyson Mao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:49 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Speed cubing group] Re: 3.14159265358979 > >> > >> > >> > True, though... I think most things "pi" related don't usually > >> > round... > >> > gosh, what geeks are we debating the rounding of pi! With "pi" day, > >> > it's generally on March 14, at 1:59 PM, and well, I guess you could > >> > carry it out for more decimal places, and in this case as well, > >> > rounding makes no sense. > >> > > >> > We actually had Brent do the F2L on the cube. Given it's a 7 step > >> > situation, it comes out to about .59... I think? Eh... I'm not sure. > >> > > >> > Tyson Mao > >> > Astrophysics '06 > >> > California Institute of Technology > >> > > >> > On Feb 19, 2006, at 2:56 AM, GameOfDeath2 wrote: > >> > > >> >> --- In [email protected], Tyson Mao <tmao@> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I think Brent Morgan is going to stop after 3141 cubes. He'll > >> >>> probably > >> >>> solve half a cube after that, but exhaustion is definitely setting > >> >>> in. > >> >>> Tune into the webcast to see the finale! > >> >>> > >> >>> Tyson Mao > >> >>> Astrophysics '06 > >> >>> California Institute of Technology > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> I think that guess came a bit late in the day! > >> >> I'm kind of curious, given the subject, why not go for 3142. > >> >> Rounding > >> >> off to 3 decimal > >> >> places and multippying by 1000 would give 3142. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedsolvingrubikscube/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
