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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

All sorts of miscellany

1. BRRRRR! It is -29F/-34C today!

2. Here is the pi I made for Thanksgiving:


3. How did I make it to four days past Thanksgiving to have my first turkey melt? Mmmmmmm...


4. Have I ever mentioned that my dogs are somewhat cuddly wuddly?

9 comments:

Ang said...

pi...HA HA! I miss math.

Anonymous said...

pi. Oh good grief!

Arvay said...

A friend who otherwise appreciated my pi pointed out that I should have put 2 pi, since there are 2 pi in a circle. Dammit, I got out-nerded!

Anonymous said...

oooh pumpkin pi - that's a good one. i have a lot of nerdy friends who would appreciate that one. i am downloading that picture and fwding it now... :)

Alaskan Dave Down Under said...

Are you old enough *cough, cough* to know this joke?

Math Teacher: What's the area of a circle?

Student: pie r square

Math Teacher: No, pie are round; cornbread are square.


Oh, and just tell your friend you were referencing the diameter, not the radius. So a single pie is correct since pie*D=2pie*r... or in layman's terms: one pied piper equals two piers.

Of course, it's interesting to note that if you integrate the formula of the circumference of a circle you end up with the formula for the area of a circle...

I'll just shut up now and go stand in the corner...

Cool dogs --as always!

Arvay said...

"it's interesting to note that if you integrate the formula of the circumference of a circle you end up with the formula for the area of a circle..."

That's not a coincidence! The area of a differential element of a circle is the circumference of a differential element of area, times the thickness of the differential (2*pi*r*dr), so of course to get the total area, you just integrate from 0 to R. It's analogous to taking the volume of a sphere by summing the volumes of differential shells (4*pi*r^2); integrate that and you get (4/3)*pi*r^3!

:)

Alaskan Dave Down Under said...

See, I knew that. But I purposely gave you an opening to show your awesome math skillz! Aren't I nice? Besides, if i'd tried to explain it I'm sure birds, food, and stupid puns would've been involved :)

It's nice to know smart people...

Arvay said...

Ha ha ha. I can't do arithmetic, so I'm very proud of my symbolic calculus instead. :)

I like to hear about your birds, food, and stupid puns. I wonder if I could combine all three into one sentence... Hmm... I am reluctant to be too fowl, osprey about puns that are too groan-inducing. I could tern around and give up, but I think I could get a good one if you guinea a chance. I'm sure I can think of a few that are quite a-grebe'll, that I'll neither be ashamed of nor'egret.

Well, I won't sit here rantin' and raven all through lunch!

Alaskan Dave Down Under said...

HAHAHAHHAHAAHHAH!

Me likey.