Happy Pi Day 341
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CmdrTaco
from the inevitable-number-patterns dept.
from the inevitable-number-patterns dept.
I just wanted take a break to wish everyone a Happy Pi Day. It's 3/14, so I hope you are all enjoying your day off, and remember not to bother checking your mailbox.
Is it Twelvember yet? (Score:3, Insightful)
3/14 is the third day in the fourteenth month.
Oh, I see, they are using middle-endian notation.
And just as important. (Score:5, Insightful)
Almost there... (Score:4, Insightful)
Only 4 more years until 3/14/15. That's the big one and I expect math departments the world over to go overboard on the candy and soda that day.
Re:Almost there... (Score:5, Insightful)
We could easily extend that to
3/14/15 9:26:53 am
And have a real big bash.
Re:Is it Twelvember yet? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Is it Twelvember yet? (Score:2, Insightful)
It's simple to say that it's a matter of being difficult, but for most purposes of person-to-person communication, isn't the month often more relevant than the day of month when conveying information?
"Which year?" is solved for most purposes by assuming the current year and getting a sense of tense for correction.
"Which month?" gives me an idea of the sense of urgency for paying attention to your story. If something's happening this month or next, or happened last month, it's likely more significant than if you start out telling me December when the current month is March.
"Which day?" without the month ends up making one scramble for context.
While YYYY-MM-DD makes sense for those of us who get the importance of sorting, for people, "March 14, 2011" conveys information in what I think to be descending order of importance for people, and to then transcribe it as 3/14/2011 isn't so damn evil...
Re:Actually it is 14/3 (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Is it Twelvember yet? (Score:3, Insightful)
"Which day?" without the month ends up making one scramble for context.
And here's me thinking that most people, when given a day, will assume that you mean either the current month, or the next if that day has already passed. Using your logic, you're telling us that somebody saying "Fancy going to the cinema on Saturday?" would only serve to confuse people as they would then wonder what week you're talking about.
I don't buy it.
Re:Is it Twelvember yet? (Score:4, Insightful)
isn't the month often more relevant than the day of month when conveying information?
No. Seeing as we're right in the middle of the month it's a bit redundant to refer to tomorrow as "March 15th". Tomorrow is most easily communicated as "The 15th" (day of March).
If I were to say "The 15th ..." you'd have only 12 options, whereas "March ..." has 31 options. So I put it to you that the date is more important than the month.
We should celebrate Tau day instead (Score:5, Insightful)
We should free ourselves of the tyranny of Pi, and celebrate Tau.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ [youtube.com]
Wrong day! (Score:1, Insightful)