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Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts) Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:38 AM Mar 2018

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Hawking left us on Pi Day.

Well played, Professor.

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Hawking left us on Pi Day. (Original Post) Laffy Kat Mar 2018 OP

How fitting. 3catwoman3 Mar 2018 #1

That made me smile. Farewell Professor. flibbitygiblets Mar 2018 #2

October 26 lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #3

You totally lost me. Of course, I still struggle with ninth grade algebra. nt Laffy Kat Mar 2018 #5

speed of light lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #6

I will miss his wheelchair... cbreezen Mar 2018 #4

In the UK it's DD/MM/YYYY (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Mar 2018 #7

also Einstein's birthday KT2000 Mar 2018 #8

WHOA, you're RIGHT!!! mr_lebowski Mar 2018 #9

I remember those - KT2000 Mar 2018 #14

Galileo was born in 1564, the year in which Michelangelo died. And Galileo died in 1642, the year in dalton99a Mar 2018 #10

Someone was born this year KT2000 Mar 2018 #13

Rest in peace. We'll never forget you. In_The_Wind Mar 2018 #11

Well played indeed Hekate Mar 2018 #12

Lovely Obituary malaise Mar 2018 #15

What an incredible man and legacy... hlthe2b Mar 2018 #16

If the universe is non-Euclidean then central scrutinizer Mar 2018 #17

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch... ThoughtCriminal Mar 2018 #18

3catwoman3

(23,946 posts)

1. How fitting.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:41 AM

Mar 2018

A life well lived, in the face of staggering challenges.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)

2. That made me smile. Farewell Professor.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:45 AM

Mar 2018

lapfog_1

(29,191 posts)

3. October 26

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:53 AM

Mar 2018

the 299th day of the year (this year).

now you have to think of km/sec.

as in 299 x 10^6 km/sec

Laffy Kat

(16,373 posts)

5. You totally lost me. Of course, I still struggle with ninth grade algebra. nt

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:57 AM

Mar 2018

lapfog_1

(29,191 posts)

6. speed of light

Reply to Laffy Kat (Reply #5)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:59 AM

Mar 2018

299 792 458 m / s

cbreezen

(694 posts)

4. I will miss his wheelchair...

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 01:57 AM

Mar 2018

Brilliance, in spite of the extra care needed over the years to keep him at his best!

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)

7. In the UK it's DD/MM/YYYY (n/t)

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 02:14 AM

Mar 2018

KT2000

(20,568 posts)

8. also Einstein's birthday

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 02:47 AM

Mar 2018

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)

9. WHOA, you're RIGHT!!!

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 03:07 AM

Mar 2018

Now it's just gettin' weird!

There's gonna be those old-timey bathroom plaques that say "Coincidence"? like they had for Lincoln and Kennedy, for sure ...

KT2000

(20,568 posts)

14. I remember those -

Reply to mr_lebowski (Reply #9)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:49 AM

Mar 2018

actually I recall it freaked me out!

dalton99a

(81,391 posts)

10. Galileo was born in 1564, the year in which Michelangelo died. And Galileo died in 1642, the year in

Reply to KT2000 (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 03:48 AM

Mar 2018

which Newton was born.

KT2000

(20,568 posts)

13. Someone was born this year

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #10)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:47 AM

Mar 2018

that will carry it on. Weird.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

11. Rest in peace. We'll never forget you.

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 03:50 AM

Mar 2018

Hekate

(90,551 posts)

12. Well played indeed

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 04:37 AM

Mar 2018

malaise

(268,692 posts)

15. Lovely Obituary

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:06 AM

Mar 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/mar/14/stephen-hawking-professor-dies-aged-76

hlthe2b

(102,119 posts)

16. What an incredible man and legacy...

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 05:58 AM

Mar 2018

How many of us would have endured what he did throughout his adult life? RIP, sir. You've more than earned it.

central scrutinizer

(11,637 posts)

17. If the universe is non-Euclidean then

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Wed Mar 14, 2018, 11:14 AM

Mar 2018

The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter may be less than or greater than pi.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,046 posts)

18. If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch...

Reply to Laffy Kat (Original post)

Thu Mar 15, 2018, 01:07 AM

Mar 2018

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe." - Carl Sagan

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