tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post2859940551765622174..comments2024-03-28T07:48:39.396-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Round, tasty & a tad more than 3.14Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54914789058805226702018-03-14T17:23:08.138-05:002018-03-14T17:23:08.138-05:00I don't get pi, but I get pie and did Saturday...I don't get pi, but I get pie and did Saturday night. Yep, went to Baker's Square and got pie. I feel I've somehow fulfilled my obligation or something. I really don't get pi.Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53001754470985683152017-03-14T13:11:59.627-05:002017-03-14T13:11:59.627-05:00Paul Ryan is a snake with this insurance redo. He&...Paul Ryan is a snake with this insurance redo. He's in their pockets.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73746288307365469492015-03-14T20:14:31.646-05:002015-03-14T20:14:31.646-05:00phillippe Orleans duc, as in younger brother of Lo...phillippe Orleans duc, as in younger brother of Louis XIV? grinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-53841262531364074972015-03-14T19:01:23.457-05:002015-03-14T19:01:23.457-05:00I like pie! I like pie! Paul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38198156295985556772015-03-14T14:11:37.550-05:002015-03-14T14:11:37.550-05:00tommy boy, you certainly are full of yourselftommy boy, you certainly are full of yourselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41384597079530898642015-03-14T14:00:00.318-05:002015-03-14T14:00:00.318-05:00I don't like the new layout of the paper, the ...I don't like the new layout of the paper, the flow is missing-harder to read and print seems smaller. Will email feedback to ST.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-86895062028513136782015-03-14T13:51:39.134-05:002015-03-14T13:51:39.134-05:00You almost managed to make this Pi Day stuff seem ...You almost managed to make this Pi Day stuff seem not utterly stupid.Bitter Scribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26304238970108359822015-03-14T13:16:02.418-05:002015-03-14T13:16:02.418-05:00You do have a mean streak Neil, although it's ...You do have a mean streak Neil, although it's hard to gin up any sympathy for the likes of Big Oil. But you are also so right. As other commenters have pointed out, there is a lot of mathematical malpractice going on, particularly in what passes for political dialog, and the generality of the press (you being an exception) are slow to expose it, leaving us all to mount our own feeble analytical defenses.<br /><br />Regarding Pi Day, that so many should be participating in such an arcane celebration I find heartening, having thought that sort of elevated foolishness was limited to such intellectual enclaves as my alma mater, with its annual Latke-Hamantash Debate.<br /><br />On the matter of going back in time, there was that event, no doubt apocryphal, noted in the well known limerick about a young lady named Bright"<br /><br /> "Who could travel much faster than light.<br /> She left home one day<br /> In a relative way.<br /> And arrived on the preceding night."<br /><br />Tom EvansAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20942152611472052812015-03-14T10:13:12.256-05:002015-03-14T10:13:12.256-05:00There's not enough skepticism, as well as nume...There's not enough skepticism, as well as numeracy, in the press today. What ever happened to " if your mother says she loves you..."?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13877137208397390419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2129743483502594732015-03-14T09:40:59.834-05:002015-03-14T09:40:59.834-05:00P.S. you should have gone into the field of mathem...P.S. you should have gone into the field of mathematics yourselfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-71366922811161104852015-03-14T09:40:04.693-05:002015-03-14T09:40:04.693-05:00I'm glad you shook up the big Oil Corp. Mr. S....I'm glad you shook up the big Oil Corp. Mr. S. Good thing they didn't try to get you in trouble with the paper or sue them. They abuse their power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1351627434342024552015-03-14T09:37:17.405-05:002015-03-14T09:37:17.405-05:00Advanced math is so important. Your son should go ...Advanced math is so important. Your son should go into the field of physics, they could use him.<br /><br />off topic, why is it when I report a delivery prob. to the SunTimes, the call goes to Canada and now worse, Central America? all this to call the local delivery guy? saves the company money . I guessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com