Did any of you notice today was a square root day? I didn't, until I got a friendly email reminding me of this rare mathematical oddity:
"Today, 3/3/09, is square root day, which only occurs nine times each century. 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."
This is part of why I love MIT - people here actually appreciate this kind of joke.
(In related news, Pi Day is only eleven days away. Get pysched!)
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Posted by: Ryan on March 3, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 3, 2009
And then I see this!
"MIT-ness" is really growing on me...I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing .___.
ps. People born in 2050 will be so shafted. They'll experience their first "square root day" when they're 31! (while most of us should have experienced '01, '04, '09 by now - and if you're older, then '81)
Posted by: Oasis '11 on March 3, 2009
Posted by: Oasis '11 on March 3, 2009
I hope I get accepted!
Posted by: Oscar V. 13? on March 3, 2009
Posted by: Matt A. on March 3, 2009
And both last year and this year, my prom will be on pi day!
Posted by: 0 on March 3, 2009
It's funny, I first noticed today because of an MIT friend of mine's facebook status.
Posted by: Chris on March 3, 2009
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Posted by: curious face on March 3, 2009
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Posted by: Ahmed on March 3, 2009
Paul: which fraternity are you a member of?
Posted by: Anon on March 3, 2009
Posted by: 0 on March 3, 2009
@Infinity Anonymous: Cute.
Posted by: Paul on March 3, 2009
Posted by: Chris Praley on March 3, 2009
How beautiful???!!! Square root day brings so much comment.
Posted by: Olisa on March 3, 2009
plz help me
join as an undergraduate for aerospace engg.
Posted by: jesline joy on March 3, 2009
Applications are closed for this year, but you can apply again next year by going to my.mit.edu.
Posted by: Paul on March 3, 2009
Posted by: The Truth on March 4, 2009
Actually, I have plenty of things I want to blog about: I'm just really busy with things like - you know - studying. Hopefully some longer entries will appear this weekend, when I have more time.
In the meantime, I'll continue to share the small but awesome things I observe throughout my daily life, which is why I blogged about this.
Posted by: Paul on March 4, 2009
Posted by: Susana on March 4, 2009
And for that matther, 11-11-2121 and 12-12-2144 would also be square days, so people born in the late 21st century will get to experience myriad square days!
Posted by: I'm a square on March 4, 2009
π day will be amazing as always, but come on. who's not excited for 11:11 11/11 2011? too bad we're no longer in the 12th century or we'd have a bunch of binary days...
Posted by: David ‚àë on March 4, 2009
The offbeat sense of Humor of MIT people really made me apply for admission and of course the hacking!
Posted by: saad(bahwlpur pakistan) on March 4, 2009
Posted by: Banerjee on March 4, 2009
i realized my birth date 28 march 1987
my student id > 078942
reverse birthdate > 7891382 (3 for march)
789|1+3-8|2 = 78942
my birth.year -my birth.month - my birth.day
1987 - 3 - 28 = 1956
1956 - 1 =1955 (einstein died)
2009 - 1955 = 54 (fifty four years ago einstein died)
5th of April 2009 (5/4/09)
but he died in 18 april, anyway 5+4=9
Posted by: comboy on March 4, 2009
my instructor's office number is 303
submitting draft is 33 percent
our classroom is in mechanical engineerig room ME113
this is the 3rd english course i'm taking
linear algebra teacher office number is 239
first day of classes this semester was 2 march 2009 (2/3/09)
Posted by: comboy on March 4, 2009
i am a high school student
could u help me in become a MITiian in d future
pleeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
and about ur so called joke it wasn't a joke after all , it was a fact
anyways thank u for the fact
Posted by: sarfraz on March 4, 2009
Unless my definition of hack is something else, feel free to let me know what this "hack" is
Posted by: ayaz on March 4, 2009
07/07/07 was my 16th birthday!
Posted by: Justin '13 on March 4, 2009
Posted by: Sheila '13 on March 4, 2009
Am I the only one thinking that Pi Day/Einstein's Birthday should be an international holiday?
Posted by: Colton on March 4, 2009
=P
Posted by: Anonymous on March 4, 2009
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Posted by: Aly on March 4, 2009
Posted by: Huzaifa on March 5, 2009
And I completely agree with Colton. Pi Day/Einstein's Birthday should be an International (or at least a better celebrated) Holiday.
Posted by: Rediet Tesfaye on March 5, 2009
Posted by: mohit sharma(india) on March 5, 2009
I have a question about a math class I should take in spring term that I was wondering if you could answer. I'm looking to go into Biological Engineering and I didn't know which class would be better.
I applied to MIT this year, and even if I don't get in, I figure whatever you say will apply almost anywhere.
Could I e-mail you my question?
Thanks.
Posted by: Jon ('13 Hopeful) on March 5, 2009
Posted by: Paul on March 5, 2009
I dont understand how one can celebrate PI Day.
Do throw some light on it!
@Paul
Any inside info or update on admission decisions?
Posted by: Sharath Chandra on March 5, 2009
1. Draw this logo everywhere.
O
=
[Area of circle / Diameter]
2. You've heard of alphabet soup. Now make numbers pie.
3. Wear a Pi hat, something that looks like the greek letter (complete with earmuffs for this cold).
Posted by: Philip on March 6, 2009
it's also the day of Linux 1.0.0 release
pi day and penguin day
Posted by: comboy on March 6, 2009
if i multiply myself by c, I'm again 3/28
Rydberg constant = 1.097373 m^-1
c = 299792458 m/s
Rydberg constant * c = 3.28
multiplication by the speed of light, March 28, my birthday;
unit in seconds, it's my time
Posted by: comboy on March 6, 2009
Do you Americans know that not everywhere date format is mm/dd/yy?
We have dd/mm/yy, which I find much more logical.
we have no PI DAY then.
uhm, maybe a kind of on 3rd january 2041 -> 3.1.42
Posted by: 0 on March 7, 2009
i remember sqrt day. the vp of our math club kept yelling at me "today is sqrt day!" and i didn't get it until i was about to go to bed...i was pretty disappointed in myself.
Posted by: 0 on March 8, 2009
(The exclamation marks don't really help, do they? Hmph.)
Posted by: Ahana on March 8, 2009
I'm just angry because I only realized it was square root day on 3/4/09 -_-
Posted by: CG on March 8, 2009
Posted by: ron on March 11, 2009
Posted by: ron on March 11, 2009
Hacking at MIT is basically pranking.
Posted by: 0 on March 11, 2009
Posted by: lowell on March 13, 2009
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