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Edited by SaraTheItalian: 3/13/2016 9:21:43 PM
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Photo Caption Contest!

Hey, Off-Topic! My bf sent me this "unexplainable" photo (he didn't take it, he found it online) and I thought maybe you guys could help with something. Come up with a cool caption/back story on the photo above and I'll pick the best comment and that person will win a prize :) [i]Those who don't wish to participate can help out by quoting captions you like and/or bumping them. You're also free to comment even if you don't want a prize, just be sure to mention it in your reply.[/i] [b]Prize:[/b] [spoiler]Winner will receive a $20 PSN or a $25 Xbox gift card. If you don't want any of those, I can also send you a $20 Papa John's gift card.[/spoiler] [b][u]Contest ends Mar. 13! Good luck ^-^[/u][/b] Edit: I figured a week would be too long to wait so I changed the date to the 13th of March. [b]Edit 2: help me bump a few of these comments, some of the good ones are being pushed to the bottom! Also, if you want to help judge, PM me[/b] Edit 3: Congrats to weasl92 for winning! I might do another contest in the future :)
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  • The number π is a mathematical constant, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, commonly approximated as 3.14159. It has been represented by the Greek letter "π" since the mid-18th century, though it is also sometimes spelled out as "pi" (/paɪ/). Being an irrational number, π cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction (equivalently, its decimal representation never ends and never settles into a permanent repeating pattern). Still, fractions such as 22/7 and other rational numbers are commonly used to approximate π. The digits appear to be randomly distributed; however, to date, no proof of this has been discovered. Also, π is a transcendental number – a number that is not the root of any non-zero polynomial having rational coefficients. This transcendence of π implies that it is impossible to solve the ancient challenge of squaring the circle with a compass and straightedge. Ancient civilizations needed the value of π to be computed accurately for practical reasons. It was calculated to seven digits, using geometrical techniques, in Chinese mathematics and to about five in Indian mathematics in the 5th century CE. The historically first exact formula for π, based on infinite series, was not available until a millennium later, when in the 14th century the Madhava–Leibniz series was discovered in Indian mathematics.[1][2] In the 20th and 21st centuries, mathematicians and computer scientists discovered new approaches that, when combined with increasing computational power, extended the decimal representation of π to, as of 2015, over 13.3 trillion (1013) digits.[3] Practically all scientific applications require no more than a few hundred digits of π, and many substantially fewer, so the primary motivation for these computations is the human desire to break records.[4][5] However, the extensive calculations involved have been used to test supercomputers and high-precision multiplication algorithms. Because its definition relates to the circle, π is found in many formulae in trigonometry and geometry, especially those concerning circles, ellipses or spheres. It is also found in formulae used in other branches of science such as cosmology, number theory, statistics, fractals, thermodynamics, mechanics and electromagnetism. The ubiquity of π makes it one of the most widely known mathematical constants both inside and outside the scientific community: Several books devoted to it have been published, the number is celebrated on Pi Day and record-setting calculations of the digits of π often result in news headlines. Attempts to memorize the value of π with increasing precision have led to records of over 67,000 digits.

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