Happy Tau Day!

[DrLove42]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13906169

OK so nothing to do with the Tau of our universe...but still

Its Tau Day!

[Necron2.0]

Indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ

[SonicPara]

If GW announced Tau being released next week (due to their weird marketing strategy now) "Tau Day" would be absolutely incredible.

[Ssyrie]

Indeed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ



Dammit, now I'm hungry.

[Wildeybeast]

So following Tau makes more sense and everyone's lives easier? Just waht we've been saying all along. Soon, everyone wil embrace the Greater Good.

[fuzzbuket]

So following Tau makes more sense and everyone's lives easier? Just waht we've been saying all along. Soon, everyone wil embrace the Greater Good.

pulls ruskie hat out of cupboard.

ive been saying that since 1945!
IN SOVIET RUSSIA GREATER GOOD FOLLOW YOU

[Emerald Rose Widow]

So following Tau makes more sense and everyone's lives easier? Just waht we've been saying all along. Soon, everyone wil embrace the Greater Good.

hey, that is dangerous commie talk, dont want to be a commie now -waggles her finger at you- don't make me sic joe mcarthy at you.

lol jk

[Necron2.0]

hey, that is dangerous commie talk

Mathematics for the masses!! Rise up my nerdling brothers! You have nothing to lose but your trig tables!!

Meh.

Actually, I was always more a devotee of Bakunin ... or I was, once.

[Verilance]

back to the mathematics, the problem that tau supporters ignore is that their chosen number is divisible by two.

all the math I have studied is about getting numbers (and/or equations) to lowest principles.

[Chuck777]

back to the mathematics, the problem that tau supporters ignore is that their chosen number is divisible by two.

all the math I have studied is about getting numbers (and/or equations) to lowest principles.

Plus the area of a circle would become http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/1/d/7/1d7a4cb3a5e9ed9f9be13c703072680d.pngrather than πr^2 . Multiplying by .5 is a great way to confuse younglings (and older people unfamiliar with tau).

[lobster-overlord]

back to the mathematics, the problem that tau supporters ignore is that their chosen number is divisible by two.

all the math I have studied is about getting numbers (and/or equations) to lowest principles.

I can divide pi by 2 as well. 3.14/2 = 1.57

See, it's math, not magic.

[Occam]

In honor of this, I'm going to share my angry apple pie recipie:

4 apples
crust fixin's--heretics may use a store-bought crust.
lots and lots of cinnamon
white suger.
a dash of salt
chipotle peppers
jalepeno peppers

Just do what you do normally with apple pie but add the peppers and lots of cinnamon to offset the hotness. It'll be a slow burn, sweet at first, and then pick up. Just adding the peppers in--
USE JUDICIOUSLY! A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY--
Can really spice things up.

For "Mildly Miffed Pie," add just one chili or pepper. Have fun. Now you'll know how us pie lovers feel at this outrage.

[Uncle Nutsy]

but keep in mind.. in order to make an apple pie from scratch, first you need one universe.

[DrLove42]

I can divide pi by 2 as well. 3.14/2 = 1.57

See, it's math, not magic.

Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is Pi

[wkz]

Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is PiThe irony in this very statement is oh so delicious...

[DrLove42]

The irony in this very statement is oh so delicious...

:p

[Necron2.0]

Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is Pi

Well ... yes and no. Sure, tau is half of pi, but only because tau is defined to be twice pi (actually, more accurately, what tau really is, is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius, just as pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter). I could easily define a value (call it iota) which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to one-half it's radius, and this would make pi perfectly divisible by 2 ( pi/2 = iota).

The point is, like pi, tau is irrational. None of these numbers can be expressed as a fraction of integers.

[Anggul]

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Mech suits? =D