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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:50 pm
by ryujin
FreeBeer wrote:QUOTE (FreeBeer @ Jun 28 2011, 07:43 PM) I think we should just dust off the Indiana bill that wanted to legislate pi to be 3.2 (amongst other answers).
are you serious? there is a bill for that? thank god these people don't design buildings or cars or airplanes
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:52 pm
by FreeBeer
Ryujin wrote:QUOTE (Ryujin @ Jun 28 2011, 08:50 PM) are you serious? there is a bill for that? thank god these people don't design buildings or cars or airplanes
Was. (It didn't pass but it was close. It was proposed in 1897 or something like that.)
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:17 am
by avirst
I think it's dumb, either way with out pi would there be the other?
lets have a measurement and lets double it and completely disregard the first and proclaim the second one proficient for all measurements, or is there something I'm missing? Or is it complete bull crap?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:25 am
by TheRock
Interesting read, most definitely no bull crap. The definition of pi is (in my opinion rightly so) criticized as complicating mathematical expressions more than when we would use the double of its value. A lot of formulas use a factor of 2*pi somewhere.
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:30 am
by HJ_KG
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:30 am
by Elzam_
Those bastards! First Pluto and now pi? WHAT HAS THIS WORLD COME TO!?!!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:03 am
by TurkeyXIII
Lies and propaganda! Don't believe it Elzam!
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:09 am
by Clay_Pigeon
madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ Jun 28 2011, 04:38 PM) Forget standards, start a revolution comrade!
Just tell them to write τ=2π at the start of their working for each question involving PI - the examiner can't fault them then (by claiming that tau is undefined where as pi is)
You've clearly never taught high school students
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:42 am
by juckto
Circles affect my job in two ways:
Cross sectional area of pipes/columns. I already have a 1/4pi factor in there, no matter to me if it's a 1/2tau factor.
Roof pitch. Oh yes please give me architectural plans that show a roof pitch of 0.196tau. Not only will I love you, but the builder will too!
Also,
http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12020199/w...listid=23204551
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:59 am
by Raveen
Heh, I rather agree with Juckto although intellectually tau makes more sense I'd forever be translating it back and forth in my head. Same reason radians never took over from degrees.