On Top of Ol' Ogy!

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Nor can he make those on the inside to be on the outside, short of redefining those terms.
But I wouldn't put that past the administrati--, er, I mean, some theoretical 'management'.

More on Pi and Tau

Mike from Spiked Math has issued his own Pi Manifesto in response to other mathematicians who would wish to dispose of of pi in favor the nonsensical tau. (Go ahead look it up. "Nonsensical", I mean. You really don't need to look up tau.)

One simple reason the switch would never work for me: my students don't even use radians yet. And I, along with my colleagues, spend hours before every Mathematics Regents exam not only resetting calculators and clearing their memories, but also switching them to degree mode because the default is radians, and the student might fail to recognize that. And they shouldn't lose points because of a quirk of technology.

A Tessellation Celebration!

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There's a party goin' on right here. A tessellation to last throughout the years!
So bring your good times to your barbecue. We're gonna tessellate Old Glory with you!

Happy Independence Day!!
Happy Fourth of July to everyone not celebrating today.

Science Fiction Giants

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And if you sing the body electric, how many eighth notes are in an ohm?

Pi (and Tau) Set to Music

Did you know that if you translate the numbers of Pi into musical notes and record it and upload it, you'll get a cease and desist letter because SOMEONE HAS ALREADY COPYRIGHTED PI ... set to music, that is.

Take a look at this, anyway, while you still can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOQb_mtkEEE&feature=player_embedded

Frankly, I think it would be great if musically-inclined mathematicians did their own interpretations of pi (maybe starting with a different digit in the sequence or going longer or changing whatever musical minutiae necessary) and uploading them.

Oh, and here's Tau, which isn't quite as interesting in my opinion, but your kilometric may vary.

Romeo and Juliet

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When their paths cross, they go off in a different direction.

Remember this: it's a fundamental rule that not all love is doomed.

It's Tau Day Today

What's Tau Day, you ask?

Nothing important. Something silly someone made up because Pi Day wasn't geeky enough and they had to have something extra geeky based on pi ... but more.

Silliness.

Explanation of Grades

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Pleasant thoughts take some of the stress from a stressful part of the year.
And, yes, this was said for real from an equally unlikely source.

Happy Birthday, Alan Turing!

In honor of famed mathematician Alan Turing being born on this day in 1912, here is a link to a Turing comic: Full and Complete Stop.

Fun with DOS

Fathers Day 2011 (featuring Super-Stickman!)

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It's been a while since I posted a Super-Stickman comic.

Mostly because I didn't like the look of the scanned images and I wasn't sure how to fix them.
And partly because the story wasn't nearly as good as I remembered it.
And, by now, I would have had to have actually finished where I left off back in the 80s.

Ken Do #7: Bathroom Humor

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The things some people think they have to do to get readers ...
Sheesh.