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Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:21 pm
by WPXZBP
Near miss? It's either a miss or a hit in my book.
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:09 pm
by robbage
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23361/1176/
CSIRO develops printable flexible solar cell technology. Hopefully will be cheaper than inkjet printer ink
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 10:34 am
by dlcat1
I'm miffed. Took the weekend off so I could go down south with my fiance. We got half way up Roelands hill and the clutch cooked off in the "new" 2nd hand car. Now I'm stuck back home for a long weekend and I've got a clutch to replace.
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:41 pm
by Smithy
anyone else notice there seemed to be alot of peak hour accidents today?
i noticed 3 myself within 20 minutes
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:58 pm
by dlcat1
Smithy wrote:anyone else notice there seemed to be alot of peak hour accidents today?
i noticed 3 myself within 20 minutes
Friday afternoon?
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:04 pm
by Smithy
friday 13th
haha
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:15 pm
by dlcat1
Smithy wrote:friday 13th
haha
Whooooaaah, and the smoke out of the substation fire down here was black. Does anyone know if Geelong are playing tonight?
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:21 pm
by Smithy
geelong are playing. losing by a point
no wait now they will get a goal. just bout 1/4 time
nope he missed all tied up
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:55 am
by spartacus
Happy World Pi Day
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:44 pm
by robbage
spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:09 pm
by robbage
Youtube of the new clock at Corpus Christi College Cambridge, for the chronophiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCqGtvTA36k
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:35 pm
by dlcat1
robbage wrote:spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
So can we assume that March 14th 2015 will be Pi to 5 significant figures day?
And what about the 22nd July? Can that be a rough approximation of Pi day?
Like the US President, I like Pi, and Pie.
In other news, saw one of the older Mazda pumpers parked up outside FESA in Picton/Halifax down in Bunbury. Is this being retired?
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:23 pm
by spartacus
FYI, pi is about 3.1415926535,
apparently, it's on the 3/14 (American dates) at 1.59
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:33 pm
by Toottoot
dlcat1 wrote:robbage wrote:spartacus wrote:Happy World Pi Day
Really only in the USA where it is 3-14
Everywhere else it is 14/3
So can we assume that March 14th 2015 will be Pi to 5 significant figures day?
And what about the 22nd July? Can that be a rough approximation of Pi day?
Like the US President, I like Pi, and Pie.
In other news, saw one of the older Mazda pumpers parked up outside FESA in Picton/Halifax down in Bunbury. Is this being retired?
22nd July would be the exact value of Pi day, where 14/3 is the approximation.
Re: Off-Topic thread for the Off-Topic forum
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:46 pm
by spartacus
this site
http://www.angio.net/pi/piquery
has pi to 4.2 billion places, it's also go a searcher, so try a string of numbers and see where they pop up. (Birthday? Lotto Numbers kindly picked by Tyranus etc. etc.)
utterly useless but somebody may just want to...