FIRST: The Pi Conspiracy

[Ryan Himmelblau]

Also since Tau = 2 Pi, on 6/28 (Tau Day), you get double the Pie!

[DonRotolo]

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Originally Posted by ebarker

According to my team, I'm so old I invented agriculture So obviously the invention of math was after my time......

So, you were there but didn't have any interest in this new-fangled math stuff?

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

P.P.S. I apologize for all my posts not being the slightest bit constructive and all revolving around food.

No, no, food is good, and constructive is over-rated.

[gyroscopeRaptor]

All this talk of number conspiracies reminds me of 413 from Homestuck: it'll always be there but it's fun to note, and maddening to find.

Someone's going to derive a game hint from this, I just know it.

[jamie_1930]

Also if you look at the circle with everything interlocking it makes four mis-shapen pie slices, aren't conspiracies fun?

[Molten]

Originally Posted by jamie_1930

Also if you look at the circle with everything interlocking it makes four mis-shapen pie slices, aren't conspiracies fun?

Picasso must be involved. Only he would cut a pie like that.

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Molten

Picasso must be involved. Only he would cut a pie like that.

I don't know, I've had pizzas cut irregularly like that.

[demosthenes2k8]

GR, I've been thinking the same thing...I used 413 to remember the order of the pieces this year, from the driver's point of view.

I agree, Tau is way better. It makes several formulae much nicer!

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by DonRotolo

.So, you were there but didn't have any interest in this new-fangled math stuff?

We were still working on inventing fire, didn't have time to think about math yet.

[Marc S.]

Because you put together 3 things that could come from anywhere, i would say that this is probably not a conspiracy. Now if you could find Pi to say... 3.141592 in that order hidden in the logo, then maybe it is a conspiracy.
Although even if you did i still don't see how this is a conspiracy. If Dean Kamen tried to cover it up yes but i don't remember him saying anything about a secret spyplane in the logo...

[Molten]

Originally Posted by ebarker

We were still working on inventing fire, didn't have time to think about math yet.

Since nobody else has done so yet. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution towards fire. Though many people overlook this, I appreciate your hard work to allow me to have a warm home.

Thank you,
Jason

[GaryVoshol]

Originally Posted by Molten

Since nobody else has done so yet. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution towards fire. Though many people overlook this, I appreciate your hard work to allow me to have a warm home.

Thank you,
Jason

Notice he only said they were "working on" fire; instead they came up with Magic Smoke.

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by GaryVoshol

Notice he only said they were "working on" fire; instead they came up with Magic Smoke.

...and for that, we thank him.

[ebarker]

Yeah, after I got fire done I directed my attention to other matters.

The next invention was squares and cubes. After a while I taught some people how to stack cubes. Problem was they stacked them in tall triangular shapes in the desert, and across the Americas too.

They had a real tough time moving those big cubes so I figured I could invent a circle. Once I had the circle it wasn't too hard to invent the wheel. Once that was done it got a lot easier to move the cubes. The triangular part just fell out of the whole exercise.

Then Archimedes came along and sorta ran off off with the whole cube triangle circle thing. Just saying'

One day I'll have to tell you about bronze.....

[Libby K]

I'm glad someone posted the video that explains the logo. Dean's 'favorite principle' of Archimedes lives on in the logo, designed by his father.

It makes me proud to see that spirit in the students who just doodle and think and wonder about all the little things like this

As Jane said - doodle on.

[Bob Steele]

This is quite interesting... I love to hear math bantered about.
One thing though... Archimedes did not "invent" nor "discover" Pi
The relationship between a circle's circumference and its diameter was well known by his time... The Babylonians knew of it... and the Eqyptians.. among just a few

The value the Babylonians used was 3 and 1/4
and the Eqyptians used 256/81

Most commonly 22/7 was used.

Archimedes was a genius by any standard but he did not discover Pi.
He did use it to remarkable effect though...

Oh and Mr. Barker... We Mayans have this thing we came up with... kinda round and "wheely" looking
So far we only use it on toys... can't find any other uses yet... still working...........


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