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Two Pies
More than you think, yet somehow strangely less ... | |
A "Baker's Dozen" is, in common parlance, a regular dozen (12) plus one, which is thirteen.
Half a baker's dozen is therefore 6.5 ...
But that is, literally, half a baker's dozen; not a "HalfBaker's Half-Dozen".
By inference, a "HalfBaker's Half-Dozen" should be "Half a dozen, plus a bit", but
- importantly - not equal to 6.5
So, how should the value of this crucial universal constant be defined ?
We propose that it shoud be defined as 2 x pi
The reasoning is thus:
1. Pi is a widely used number. Once it is copyrighted and trademarked, the HB can demand royalties on each and every occasion of its use.
2. Its value is approximately 6.284, which is more than 6, less than 6.5, and an irrational number.
3. It can be spoken as "Two Pies". Pies are good; we like pies, and it's an ideal fit with Two Cups Of Coffee.
4. It can be used as an in-joke.
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//2π// Not on my screen, it's not. |
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//Not on my screen, it's not//
Nor on my
immersive Halfbakery VR
visualisation - #N refers to the
cardinality of the set N, so
this is the operation of performing a logical AND (&)
between the number 2 and the number representing the
cardinality of the set '960' (i.e the number of
elements in this set) - which doesn't make sense. |
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...unless we make some rash assumptions, such as that
the set '960' is the set of all the positive integers
up to 960, in which case #960 = 960. We can easily
see that 960 in binary is 1111000000, so the
operation becomes 0000000010 AND 1111000000 which is,
of course, 0 |
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//so the operation becomes 0000000010 AND 1111000000 which is, of course, 0// |
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There are probably some fractional 0s in there. |
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This is why you can't have nice things ... |
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A pie, by any other name, is still in the face |
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When discussing halfbakery: statistics,
And debating the value of Two Pies,
I'd much rather hear the opinion
Of my fellow Canadian, 2 fries. |
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When debating the HB statistics,
And the subtle import of Two Pies,
I'd much rather hear the opinion
Of my Canadian buddy, 2 fries.
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In my simple mind...I think it's OK. But I would title it 2Pi. |
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Hmm, when I looked at the figures with these Occulus Rift eye-thingies. it looked like b.Z8I>, then I realised I was looking at the numbers from the back. |
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Sometimes what's less's what's more's,
'though saying so seems like such chores.
With all the procrastination,
and self flagellation,
Who's got time for two 3.14's? |
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As a Tau doctrine follower I must object. |
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And while Pi is delicious and WKTE it follows that 2PiR even
better. All very simple... |
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3D is great, it gets a lot of attention these last few years, but PiD really is greater, and it gives a rounder experience - keeps you on the edge the whole time. |
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Pie r not square, pie r round. |
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I like this, but why should we stop with irrational numbers
when irrational facts is where the money is found in these
strange times? It certainly plays to our strengths. |
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