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(Mental Floss) Stupid The story of how Indiana's House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill declaring pi to be exactly 3.2. This is true, for sufficiently large values of pi   (mentalfloss.com) divider line 143
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PizzaJedi81
2012-01-16 01:23:09 PM
Well, at least it isn't 3. Then we'd be getting letters before we write them.

/I fear for my state sometimes.
 
EvilEgg [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:28:41 PM
I wonder what the penalty was going to be for using the "incorrect" value?

I know what some of the penalties would be for using the legal value.
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:33:51 PM
It can't be 3.2 by rounding. 3.141
 
Nadie_AZ [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:34:24 PM
Whew. At least 2 + 2 isn't 5. Yet.
 
Eddie Adams from Torrance [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:40:24 PM
EvilEgg: I wonder what the penalty was going to be for using the "incorrect" value?

i236.photobucket.com
 
serpent_sky [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:40:44 PM
Nadie_AZ: Whew. At least 2 + 2 isn't 5. Yet.

Duh, 2+2 = potato.
 
dahmers love zombie [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:55:45 PM
That is no stupider than claiming that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old.
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 01:59:12 PM
Nadie_AZ: Whew. At least 2 + 2 isn't 5. Yet.

images.wikia.com
 
MaudlinMutantMollusk [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 02:00:36 PM
3.2 is near-pi
 
Krymson Tyde [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 02:13:38 PM
It's 22/7.
Deal with it.
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 02:21:13 PM
You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts.
 
Quasar [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 02:21:47 PM
It seems really stupid, but then legislators today insist on writing/passing bills on subjects in which they have absolutely zero expertise or understanding (tech stuff is the most common these days).
 
WorldCitizen [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:03:06 PM
God, I was afraid I was going to open that and it was going to be a story about the current legislature. That's exactly how much confidence I have in them.
 
dugitman [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:06:35 PM
Quasar: It seems really stupid, but then legislators today insist on writing/passing bills on subjects in which they have absolutely zero expertise or understanding (tech stuff is the most common these days).

SOPA/PIPA being a good example.
 
downstairs [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:09:26 PM
Quasar: It seems really stupid, but then legislators today insist on writing/passing bills on subjects in which they have absolutely zero expertise or understanding (tech stuff is the most common these days).

Well, to be fair- they HAVE to write legislation on things they're not experts in.

My problem is they seem to have their "experts" supplied by companies that have a lot of skin in the game.

Sort of like having an accused murder's brother testify as a medical expert. Not gonna fly.
 
Bathia_Mapes [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:15:11 PM
Dammit!! Now I want a piece of pie.
 
PizzaJedi81
2012-01-16 03:16:17 PM
Bathia_Mapes: Dammit!! Now I want a piece of pie.

Hair pie?
 
serial_crusher [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:23:45 PM
That's nothing. The Texas Senate has mastered time.
the Senate had a midnight deadline for passing such bills, so it did what any of us frequently do when we're running late or past a deadline: It stopped time. Senate Sergeant-At-Arms Rick DeLeon unplugged the Senate clock at 11:58 p.m., allowing the body to work until almost 2:30 a.m. Problem solved.
 
BigBurrito [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 03:25:09 PM
Krymson Tyde: It's 22/7.
Deal with it.

HaHa.
 
Rapmaster2000
2012-01-16 03:51:13 PM
Indiana: the Mississippi of the North.
 
madgonad
2012-01-16 03:55:28 PM
π is 3.243F6A.... or 11.$001...

/like base10 is some universal standard...
 
MoronLessOff
2012-01-16 03:57:39 PM
0.999999999 = 1
 
DontMakeMeComeBackThere
2012-01-16 04:00:05 PM
EvilEgg: I wonder what the penalty was going to be for using the "incorrect" value?

I know what some of the penalties would be for using the legal value.

dahmers love zombie: That is no stupider than claiming that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old.

SilentStrider: You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts.

Quasar: It seems really stupid, but then legislators today insist on writing/passing bills on subjects in which they have absolutely zero expertise or understanding (tech stuff is the most common these days).

Know how I know you guys didn't read the article?
 
Rent Party
2012-01-16 04:00:17 PM
Hey, it's just a theory after all.
 
King Something
2012-01-16 04:03:38 PM
Rent Party: Hey, it's just a theory after all.

You mean "theory" as in "theory of evolution" or "theory" as in "theory of gravity?"

It can't be both.
 
Quasar [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:08:12 PM
DontMakeMeComeBackThere: Know how I know you guys didn't read the article?

You mean because this happened a century ago and somehow you think I didn't know that when I wrote my post considering I specifically mentioned "today", or what?
 
ProfessorOhki
2012-01-16 04:10:11 PM
MoronLessOff: 0.999999999 = 1

Oh, no, you didn't just do that.
*THREAD EJECT*
 
coco ebert [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:10:16 PM
Did Jesus tell them to do that?
 
you have pee hands
2012-01-16 04:11:16 PM
King Something: You mean "theory" as in "theory of evolution" or "theory" as in "theory of gravity?"

Remember that time when Einstein disproved Newton's theory of universal gravitation? That was the best.
 
someonelse
2012-01-16 04:11:40 PM
I was told there would be no math.
 
Flt209er
2012-01-16 04:12:03 PM
ProfessorOhki: MoronLessOff: 0.999999999 = 1

Oh, no, you didn't just do that.
*THREAD EJECT*

Don't worry, without the dots after the 9s, it's wrong. We'll tow you back in.
 
Uchiha_Cycliste
2012-01-16 04:12:32 PM
screw Pi.
Tau all the way
 
AcademGreen
2012-01-16 04:14:05 PM
Indiana: a state where at one point the most powerful political figure was a KKK grand wizard whose downfall was rape and cannibalism. (new window).

/ With a big trunk containing secretes of the state's top elected officials.
 
MoronLessOff
2012-01-16 04:15:25 PM
Flt209er: ProfessorOhki: MoronLessOff: 0.999999999 = 1

Oh, no, you didn't just do that.
*THREAD EJECT*

Don't worry, without the dots after the 9s, it's wrong. We'll tow you back in.

upload.wikimedia.org= 1
 
spcMike [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:15:45 PM
Nadie_AZ: Whew. At least 2 + 2 isn't 5. Yet.

It is for large values of 2.
 
I_Am_Weasel [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:16:16 PM
I like all my pies rounded.
 
rthanu
2012-01-16 04:17:14 PM
DontMakeMeComeBackThere: EvilEgg: I wonder what the penalty was going to be for using the "incorrect" value?

I know what some of the penalties would be for using the legal value.

dahmers love zombie: That is no stupider than claiming that the Earth is less than 10,000 years old.

SilentStrider: You are entitled to your own opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts.

Quasar: It seems really stupid, but then legislators today insist on writing/passing bills on subjects in which they have absolutely zero expertise or understanding (tech stuff is the most common these days).

Know how I know you guys didn't read the article?

Thanks for reminding me to actually read the article. Pretty entertaining!
 
groppet
2012-01-16 04:17:37 PM
whar pie? whar??
 
IrateShadow
2012-01-16 04:18:04 PM
MoronLessOff: 0.999999999 = 1

I have actually had an engineer argue that point with me. An engineer. One that was and still is contracting for NASA.
 
KiltedBastich
2012-01-16 04:18:07 PM
Uchiha_Cycliste: screw Pi.
Tau all the way

3.bp.blogspot.com

Approves

/hot
 
johnsoninca [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:18:35 PM
Pi is exactly 3! (new window)
 
Surool
2012-01-16 04:24:43 PM
Anti-science morans.
 
NkThrasher
2012-01-16 04:26:08 PM
GAT_00: It can't be 3.2 by rounding. 3.141

Rounded to the nearest 5th accomplishes that. Also ceiled to the 10ths place works.
 
THX 1138
2012-01-16 04:26:28 PM
26.media.tumblr.com
 
Pants full of macaroni!! [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:27:44 PM
PizzaJedi81: Bathia_Mapes: Dammit!! Now I want a piece of pie.

Hair pie?

img.photobucket.com

/got nuthin
 
FrancoFile
2012-01-16 04:28:05 PM
PizzaJedi81: Well, at least it isn't 3. Then we'd be getting letters before we write them.

/I fear for my state sometimes.

Don't worry, Anghamarad will just deliver them on the next go-round.

/just re-read that last week.
 
NkThrasher
2012-01-16 04:31:09 PM
spcMike: It is for large values of 2.

I've always wondered if that joke is purely mathematicians being snarky or if it's related to log scales such as decibels

2dbm + 2dbm = 5dbm (approx, 5.0105...)

If you're using sufficiently big numbers, you'd want to use a log scale, at which point it works close enough.
 
Lligeret [TotalFark]
2012-01-16 04:31:24 PM
IrateShadow: MoronLessOff: 0.999999999 = 1

I have actually had an engineer argue that point with me. An engineer. One that was and still is contracting for NASA.


Pop quiz.

What is:
1/3 in decimal form?
2/3 in decimal form?
3/3 in decimal form?
(1/3) x 3 in decimal form?
.33333 repeating x 3?

And go.
 
calufrax
2012-01-16 04:32:09 PM
Well... To within an order of magnitude, sure...

It's within 2% margin of error - so it's still usable.

/Engineer
 
One Bad Apple
2012-01-16 04:34:45 PM
KiltedBastich: Uchiha_Cycliste: screw Pi.
Tau all the way

[3.bp.blogspot.com image 640x425]

Approves

/hot

1.bp.blogspot.com

Does NOT approve

/Filthy xenos
 
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