If you thought Mardi Gras was a wild party day, it's nothing compared to today, Square root day. The mathematicians were partying like it was 09/09/81.
I even heard that some bankers decided to stop counting all of their billions in bonuses they awarded themselves while losing trillions of investors money through bad investments. Some of the wilder bankers stripped off their pocket protectors to celebrate.
Here's the bare facts:
"Math fans to celebrate Square Root Day
Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us.
The math-buffs' holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday — 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).
"These days are like calendar comets, you wait and wait and wait for them, then they brighten up your day — and poof — they're gone," said Ron Gordon, a Redwood City teacher who started a contest meant to get people excited about the event...
Gordon's daughter even set up a Facebook page — one of a half-dozen or so dedicated to the holiday — and hundreds of people had signed up with plans to celebrate in some way. Celebrations are as varied: Some cut root vegetables into squares, others make food in the shape of a square root symbol.
The last such day was five years ago, Feb. 2, 2004, which coincided with Groundhog Day. The next is seven years away, on April 4, 2016."
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And if you think today is a big party day, watch out for March 14th better known as pi day, 3.14.
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