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tanner
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In 1897, Edwin J. Goodman, MD introduced and got passed a bill into the Indiana State House of Representatives which stated that
"the ratio of the diameter and circumference is as five-fourths to four;"
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 4:25 am
PuzzledPineapple
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Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 352
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I like annoying uber-geek mathematics friends by saying that pi is EXACTLY 3.141 and watching them explode in a rage of maths.
You'd get on with a friend of mine. He's an engineer and happily goes around wearing a t-shirt that he calls his 'mathmo baiting t-shirt' with pi=3 written on it. He's lucky to be alive.
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 9:05 am
Gibbet
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Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 121
Whilst I realise this is only a red card and therefore should be as easy as it looks I got bored a little while ago and decided to search for what probably was a non-existant secondary meaning.
Namely the fact that apart from the middle of the pie, the numbers 1, 4 and 7 are consistantly the boldest on the rest of the card.
This struck me as too much of a coincidence to not have a meaning and after much trawling of the net I believe I have discovered one. Albeit a little obscure.
Combining the number 147 and pi leads to an object called the Jacob's Wheel. This tracks the astrological energies of the universe and is based upon a 147 year master cycle. Additionally the components of the wheel exist in ratios which approximate to pi.
Anyone who is interested can look here -> http://www.lightofisis.com/jwmain.htm for more information.
All sensible people however should just take the picture for what it is!
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 7:29 pm
Seej
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Joined: 30 Nov 2004 Posts: 614
That site looks awfully Time Cube to me
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 11:42 pm
RobDixon
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Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 41 Location: San Rafael, California
This probably doesn't mean much, but I think that's a picture of a cake, not a pie.
Unless that's a British thing: pie = cake?
P.S. The Time Cube site is SCARY.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:56 am
tanner
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Joined: 21 May 2003 Posts: 875 Location: (x,y,z,t,i, ...)+
its a pork pie - surely you are not going to say youve never seen one
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 4:21 am
RobDixon
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Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Posts: 41 Location: San Rafael, California
tanner,
You're right, that must be it! I've seen one, but never eaten one I'm afraid. They're not common on this side of the pond.
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:29 pm
theholyllama
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Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 3 Location: Hull, UK
I'm from Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire, where pork pies originally come from, so feel quite protective towards this card.
Oh, btw, you can't write this number out in full as it's an infinitely recurring decimal. So just writing Pi on the card solve page will be fine, I'd imagine!
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 9:42 pm
Cormoran
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Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: Scotland
Anyone checked if the number pictured on the card really is PI? (OK, most of us can see that the first 5-6 decimals are right, but what about further on?) Is there maybe errors in that number with hidden meaning?
I must agree with Gibbet, this was too simple, even for a red card.
Sasuntsi Davit wrote:
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well I know pi to 115 decimal places
Challenge you to check the cards "PI" for errors then...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:12 am
wizzsteve2
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Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 52 Location: The Murder Scene
help help help ok ive got this card but i have no idea how i should enter the answer ive tried pi pie but i cant think of anything else. i was going to atempt to put the number
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:42 am
Phant
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 72 Location: mostly London
mmmm pi pie - don't worry about picure it just asks what the number is. Don't need any fancy symbols either (although they may be accepted).
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:26 pm
wizzsteve2
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Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 52 Location: The Murder Scene
so i should just put the number????? u mean write it out
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 1:43 pm
Phant
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Joined: 30 Nov 2005 Posts: 72 Location: mostly London
oh my, well if you really want me to speel it out for you it's:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
"pi", just two letters a 'p' followed by an 'i'. Oh, and don't put the quote marks just p then i.
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:40 pm
mama_needs_a_new_car
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Joined: 16 Jun 2006 Posts: 33
I know alot of ya'll are from across the pond, but to this crazy Yankee - that meat pie is just about the grossest thing I have ever seen. I am sure it tastes nice and all, but jeez! Wouldn't a more international food have been better. Like an apple pie? - (Oh wait, that is an American Pie. )javascript:emoticon(' ')
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Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:00 am
Arkai
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