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davidog.png Dave Bacon is a theoretical ski bum who is also a pseudo professor. His research is on quantum computing, his scientific passions extend to everything in physics, mathematics, computer science and beyond, and his personal pleasures include making wine, playing poker, skiing, camping, and daydreaming (although not all of those at the same time.) Nothing he says on this blog should be construed as having anything to do with his employer or his dog.

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3.14159265 is Approximately 1

Category: MathematicsPhysics
Posted on: March 14, 2008 11:52 AM, by Dave Bacon

Happy Talk like a physicist day, Happy Pi day, and Happy birthday dear uncle Albert.

So how does one talk like a physicist? I mean its hard for me to say, because I'm a physicist (or was, or am, or was molded into who I am by physicists.) But one can certainly sing like a physicist! Here is a song from grad school:

Schrödinger's cat, is getting rather fat
He wants to play, must way for radon decay
Why is he trapped in that box (clap, clap, clap)
He would rather be alive than dead

Schrödinger's kitten, stuck their sittin'
Stuck in a superposition, a quantum mechanical prison
Why is she trapped in that box (clap, clap, clap)
She would rather be alive and free

Schrödinger's feline, gives birth to nine
Radon mutated cats, quantum mechincal lab rats
I opened the box, I opened the box
Out popped...


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No! Pi == 10. Exactly. (in base Pi) :)

BTW, it is impossible to post here if you have Javascript turned off. It links you to a spam/domain squatting site instead. Blocking spam postings is fine, but SB should use a domain target they actually own...

Posted by: Benjamin Franz | March 14, 2008 1:16 PM

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"Think of them as little electron people..."

Okay. Does this mean I should start looking at the wave-collapse function as a low tide? Quantum packets as zip lock bags? Wave-particle duality as Cybil? The twin paradox as a Bud Light commercial?

Posted by: JohnQPublic | March 14, 2008 1:19 PM

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3.14159265 is Approximately 1

Can we get some error bars on that

Posted by: Coin | March 14, 2008 6:48 PM

4

Plus 9 or minus 0.9

Posted by: Dave Bacon | March 14, 2008 8:04 PM

5

No!
That's talk like astronomer day...

Posted by: Steinn Sigurdsson | March 14, 2008 11:02 PM

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