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    Quote Originally Posted by Verilance View Post
    back to the mathematics, the problem that tau supporters ignore is that their chosen number is divisible by two.

    all the math I have studied is about getting numbers (and/or equations) to lowest principles.
    I can divide pi by 2 as well. 3.14/2 = 1.57

    See, it's math, not magic.

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    In honor of this, I'm going to share my angry apple pie recipie:

    4 apples
    crust fixin's--heretics may use a store-bought crust.
    lots and lots of cinnamon
    white suger.
    a dash of salt
    chipotle peppers
    jalepeno peppers

    Just do what you do normally with apple pie but add the peppers and lots of cinnamon to offset the hotness. It'll be a slow burn, sweet at first, and then pick up. Just adding the peppers in--
    USE JUDICIOUSLY! A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY--
    Can really spice things up.

    For "Mildly Miffed Pie," add just one chili or pepper. Have fun. Now you'll know how us pie lovers feel at this outrage.

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    but keep in mind.. in order to make an apple pie from scratch, first you need one universe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lobster-overlord View Post
    I can divide pi by 2 as well. 3.14/2 = 1.57

    See, it's math, not magic.
    Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

    Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is Pi
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrLove42 View Post
    Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

    Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is Pi
    The irony in this very statement is oh so delicious...
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    Quote Originally Posted by wkz View Post
    The irony in this very statement is oh so delicious...
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    Quote Originally Posted by DrLove42 View Post
    Mathmatically speaking thats wrong. Pi is indivisable by 2 as its an infinitly long number, so whereever you cut it off and divde will not be accurate. Yes you can divide 3.14 by 2....but then to a few more decimal places 3.1415 gives a different, more accurate result, but still not correct

    Tau is also an infinite number...but can be divided by 2. The result is Pi
    Well ... yes and no. Sure, tau is half of pi, but only because tau is defined to be twice pi (actually, more accurately, what tau really is, is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its radius, just as pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter). I could easily define a value (call it iota) which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to one-half it's radius, and this would make pi perfectly divisible by 2 ( pi/2 = iota).

    The point is, like pi, tau is irrational. None of these numbers can be expressed as a fraction of integers.

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