In case anyone missed it, today was “Square Root Day.” The holiday, celebrated by pocket protector-wearing math geeks–I mean–aficionados everywhere only comes nine times each century, about the same frequency as the KISS farewell tour.

In any case, the last one occured over five years ago and the next one won’t occur for another seven so I hope you had a great time. While it’s not quite up to par with “Talk like a Pirate Day,” it does offer the numerically inclined a chance to have a good chuckle at the rest of us who need a calcultor to figure out how many three cent stamps are in a dozen.

For more on the story, read this.

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3 Responses to “Math Nerds Party like it’s 3/3/09!”

1. JSP Says:
   March 4th, 2009 at 11:54 am

   Thanks, B-Rad, for having the guts to author this post on the nerdiest of all nerd days. Party’s at my house in seven years! Woot.

   BTW, I think that’s just Maverick Version 1.0. 2.0 comes with more brooding.

2. Claire Says:
   March 6th, 2009 at 3:28 pm

   So, a fitting riddle:

   How does five plus six equal nine?

   I I I I I + I I I I I I = nine?

3. Claire Says:
   March 6th, 2009 at 3:29 pm

   I just realized there’s no way you can answer that via Water Cooler comment.

   Way to go Claire.

   Needless to say, I’ll have to do a little more planning for the next square root holiday.

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