Pi * 1337% = 42. My mind is blown.

[zHellas]

" ah ah ha ha ah ah ah ah....."

Spoiler: ....

[HEADING=2]GAH!![/HEADING]

That is pretty freakin amazing

Oh yeah, that douche.

OT: Hmm... Possibly any time I have an awesome moment in a video game (all I can think of, sorry).

 

[AWC Viper]

Yeah, this is basically my moment here.


kinda sad when you think about it.

 

[Coldie]

If you find "Pi * 13.37 ~= 42.00" impressive, the real math magic known as Euler's Identity [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulers_identity] must be at least an eyebrow-raising experience:

Do note that this does not involve rounding of any sort. Three prime arithmetic operations and five legendary fundamental constants, no tricks.

Math is fun and awesome when you do it right!

 

[Thy-Art-Is-Awesome]

Think about this. (nerd science incoming)

All materials condense when they get colder, becoming more dense and sinking. This is especially true when they change state, say from liquid to solid.

EXCEPT WATER! Ice is the ONLY thing that actually expands and floats when it freezes.

The really freaky part? If this wasn't true then life as we know it would not exist! (water frozen in winter would sink and not be thawed by the summer sun, eventually causing all water to freeze)

So just remember: you wouldn't be alive except for one tiny little middle finger to thermal dynamics.

Firstly....it's thermO dynamics, and secondly, water is NOT the only substance that does this. there are others, such as cubic zirconium tungstate (ZrW2O8) that expands when cooled over a wide temperature..
if you must claim nerd science....at least go the extra mile.

 

[Seydaman]

42..
That's the answer to everything from the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy right?

 

[ShadowTale]

I found this when I was looking up the whole "water is the only thing that expands when frozen" thing.



by Retric

Water is not the only substance that expands when frozen.

The following elements expand when frozen: Gallium, Germanium and Plutonium.

There is also a wide range of molecules that expand when frozen. What's really less well known about water is it expands right before it freezes (4C - 0C) which significantly inhibits lakes from freezing in the winter by creating a large boundary layer.


by adw

The converse, negative thermal expansion ceramics like zirconium tungstate, are fascinating materials; they shrink when you heat them.

It's all to do with low-frequency vibrational modes, but if I started talking about mode Gruneisen parameters I'd start boring the arse off all of you and, what's worse, giving myself flashbacks...

 

[Splyth]

I found out that water is the ultimate solvant. why? because the unique structure of H20 pulls whatever is in it apart. Molecule by molecule.

 

[ReaperzXIII]

My teacher told me water doesn't conduct electricity, POKEMON LIED TO ME!!!

 

[SimuLord]

I love that this just became the second-most commented thread I've ever made (a thread about tits generated 384 replies and over 9,000 views---no really, it was over 9,000, that's not a joke---before a mod locked it.)

This speaks volumes about this group.

 

[Orcboyphil]

My teacher told me water doesn't conduct electricity, POKEMON LIED TO ME!!!

Its a poor conducter but it does conduct.

 

[lvl9000_woot]

Think about this. (nerd science incoming)

All materials condense when they get colder, becoming more dense and sinking. This is especially true when they change state, say from liquid to solid.

EXCEPT WATER! Ice is the ONLY thing that actually expands and floats when it freezes.

The really freaky part? If this wasn't true then life as we know it would not exist! (water frozen in winter would sink and not be thawed by the summer sun, eventually causing all water to freeze)

So just remember: you wouldn't be alive except for one tiny little middle finger to thermal dynamics.

Spoiler: This is

My god you're right!

 

[Dastardly]

The Camponotus cylindricus worker ant, when faced with ants from an enemy colony, will violently contract its abdominal muscles, causing its abdomen to EXPLODE, spraying poisonous material on the surrounding enemy.

http://news.discovery.com/animals/photo-shows-suicide-bomber-ant-self-detonating.html

Ants in general are freakishly mind-blowing.

 

[ZombiGenisis]

As any science person will tell you, sig figs matter. If we take pi as being extended the great number of places that most calculators have, it is still limited by the other number. 1337% would be 13.37, four sig figs. So when multiplying we can only have 4 sig figs, thus with understanding of scientific mathematics. pi*1337%=42.00

 

[Hiphophippo]

No way thats real.

*checks*

Holy shit...

So yeah, I guess thats my moment right there. Holy shit.

This. It's almost suspicious in how awesome it is.

 

[Jedamethis]

Wait but... whoa?
Oh god it's like that "what happened to one dollar?" thing!

My mind is going to explo

There is a prize behind one of three closed doors. You pick a door, then one of the OTHER doors you DIDN'T pick is opened, the prize is not behind it. This leaves two doors, the one you picked, and the remaining closed door. One houses the prize, one does not. You are asked if you would like to swap your selection.

Should you?

;D

ohh! does anyone remember the one about the two guys, where one always lies and one is always honest!?

Always change your selection.


Oh, and my answer for that two guys lying and honest puzzle:

"Which door leads to safety?
As soon as you tell me, you will open that door and walk through it or I will smash your teeth in."

 

[Cynical skeptic]

Yea, its 42.003093778495535598245542034447.

You can't make pi a whole number in base ten.

You can't make pi a whole number in any system except base pi...

Theres always base infinity!

 

[Borntolose]

Actually it isn't that shocking anymore, there was a thread about it a few months ago.

We need to start a cult.

 

[Borntolose]

Division by zero is possible! And it breaks reality.
Given:
a=b
a[sup]2[/sup]=ab
a[sup]2[/sup]-b[sup]2[/sup]=ab-b[sup]2[/sup]
(a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b)
(a+b)=b
a+a=a
2a=a
2=1

Hmm... nope
2a=a :a
2=0

Nope, dropping the a from both sides makes it 2=1. Since the other side doesn't have a constant, dropping the variable makes it 1. If you wrote it out, it would be 2a=1a.

Except that you can't drop the a from both sides until you prove that a does not equal zero. Which is impossible. Because it does equal zero.

Also, up above you divided by (a-b), which is zero, because a=b. You cheated.

 

[Rickyvantof]

Think about this. (nerd science incoming)

All materials condense when they get colder, becoming more dense and sinking. This is especially true when they change state, say from liquid to solid.

EXCEPT WATER! Ice is the ONLY thing that actually expands and floats when it freezes.

The really freaky part? If this wasn't true then life as we know it would not exist! (water frozen in winter would sink and not be thawed by the summer sun, eventually causing all water to freeze)

So just remember: you wouldn't be alive except for one tiny little middle finger to thermal dynamics.

Uhm...wouldn't there be a certain depth from which point up the ice will melt in the sun? Not all water would freeze up. Nonetheless it's peculiar :O

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Division by zero is possible! And it breaks reality.
Given:
a=b
a[sup]2[/sup]=ab
a[sup]2[/sup]-b[sup]2[/sup]=ab-b[sup]2[/sup]
(a+b)(a-b)=b(a-b)
(a+b)=b
a+a=a
2a=a
2=1

Hmm... nope
2a=a :a
2=0

Nope, dropping the a from both sides makes it 2=1. Since the other side doesn't have a constant, dropping the variable makes it 1. If you wrote it out, it would be 2a=1a.

Except that you can't drop the a from both sides until you prove that a does not equal zero. Which is impossible. Because it does equal zero.

Also, up above you divided by (a-b), which is zero, because a=b. You cheated.

Oh, and why's that?

Also, welcome to the joke.