kapkomet Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090303/ap_on_...square_root_day 3/3/09: Math fans to celebrate Square Root Day REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us. The math-buffs' holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday — 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine). "These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day — and poof — they're gone," said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event. The winner gets, of course, $339 for having the biggest Square Root Day event. Gordon's daughter even set up a Facebook page — one of a half-dozen or so dedicated to the holiday — and hundreds of people had signed up with plans to celebrate in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cut root vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol. The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNukeEm Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 This is fairly awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share Posted March 3, 2009 I thought it was really funny... square cuts of vegetable roots... I laughed - hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 And truth to the rumor that they'll be a Pi Eating contest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 05:15 AM) And truth to the rumor that they'll be a Pi Eating contest? why that would be on 3/14 not 3/3/09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 12:29 AM) why that would be on 3/14 not 3/3/09 Actually, that would be on 3/14/15. It's a math themed event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 While I see your point, my math teacher celebrated pi day every year and mole day every year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knightni Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 QUOTE (bmags @ Mar 3, 2009 -> 12:35 AM) While I see your point, my math teacher celebrated pi day every year and mole day every year... Perhaps "Bobbing For Sir Issac Newton's Apples" would be a better game? Algebra Mad Libs? Pin the tail on Pythagoras? Best Horseshoe Parabolas with Archimedes' Theorems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Wow, I needed a reason to get out of bed today. And my favorite math joke There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those that get binary, and those that don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanOfCorn Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 QUOTE (knightni @ Mar 2, 2009 -> 11:31 PM) Actually, that would be on 3/14/15. It's a math themed event. Wouldn't it be 3/14/16...you'd have to round it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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