Re:Happy Pi Day
by twopoint718 on Saturday March 14, 2009 @12:50PM
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If we're mentioning holidays that we made up, here's mine. March 5 (YYYY-3-5, when you write the date big-endian) is the Square Root of Christmas (35 * 35 = 1225). This allows 10 days between Sqrt(Xmas) and Pi Day. This period of time is called Nerdigras.
http://twopoint718.blogspot.com/2009/03/march-5-is-square-ro...
There's already been a carol written:
http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200903/square_root_of_christma...
It occurs on the 2nd Friday in July, you have to drink copious amounts of Tequila, consume lots of nachos and wear a novelty oversized sombrero all day.
Anyway, us Aussies have to celebrate Pi day next month (kinda) - 31/4 as today is 14/3 for us.
Although it seems wikipedia has an interesting article on the number 143, it can be created by adding up 2 different sets of consecutive prime numbers, which I found interesting.