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Title: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on February 06, 2017, 02:06:48 AM
Script of dialogue (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yLwW7JQzcUV5cHXZgEomcFmKJOb5Ko9707HLUqIK-hI/edit), and a creative twist - the particular letters a certain statement holds entirely follow tau's decimal digits (6.283185307179...), following in count an accurate number echoing digits within words.

This is true for the entire script (not counting, of course, stage directions and bolded names). To see this, examine the first words of the play. "Eureka!" has 6 letters, "an" has 2 letters, "argument" has 8 letters, and so on, following the digits of the true circle constant tau, for a total of 769 digits. The plot follows a girl named Vi who "discovers" tau, and tries to convince a skeptical Mike of its merits.

More can be found in the notes section at the end of the play. What do you all think?
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: Yuki on February 06, 2017, 02:20:19 AM
This is genius.
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: novenary on February 06, 2017, 07:35:21 AM
Neato. Reminds me of the same thing, but with pi. I suppose you were strongly influenced by that. :P
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on February 06, 2017, 12:00:01 PM
Yup. (http://www.cadaeic.net/The%20Pi%20Play.pdf)
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on February 24, 2017, 05:00:51 PM
The play had an error on one word: "conceptually" on page 3. "Conceptually" is a 12-letter word, but it is supposed to be a 10-letter word as the constraint dictates. This has been altered to "completely".

Re-print accordingly.
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: p2 on February 25, 2017, 09:09:40 AM
oh my god :ninja:
I so much hope those Tau supporters will one daya just accept Pi...

(Even tho I like ur work, it's really nice) xD
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on February 26, 2017, 01:57:36 AM
How did you manage to come up with this entire text? O.O
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 12:05:08 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on February 26, 2017, 01:57:36 AM
How did you manage to come up with this entire text? O.O
Looking at the digits, having a point I wanted to say, and then (sometimes with the help of a computer program) say it.
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 12:15:29 PM
That's awesome, Soru! Glad you've followed in the footsteps of so many others (https://github.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=%22tau+%3D+2+*+pi%22&type=Code&ref=searchresults) ;)
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: p2 on March 01, 2017, 04:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
why does this sound so ironic to me... :P
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 07:16:47 PM
Quote from: p2 on March 01, 2017, 04:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
why does this sound so ironic to me... :P
Indeed :P
I added Tau to my RPN-Calc, but just for fun. Pi is also there and has precedence in the menu over Tau.
I am also not so happy about all this Tau stuff.
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 07:55:51 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 07:16:47 PM
Quote from: p2 on March 01, 2017, 04:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
why does this sound so ironic to me... :P
Indeed :P
I added Tau to my RPN-Calc, but just for fun. Pi is also there and has precedence in the menu over Tau.
I am also not so happy about all this Tau stuff.
Rest assured, you both, he means it. ;)

Also, that's nice, DarkestEx. Kinda like Desmos adding the circle constant tau as the "capital theta".

One question, though: How are you not happy about it? :P
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 08:16:13 PM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 07:55:51 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 07:16:47 PM
Quote from: p2 on March 01, 2017, 04:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
why does this sound so ironic to me... :P
Indeed :P
I added Tau to my RPN-Calc, but just for fun. Pi is also there and has precedence in the menu over Tau.
I am also not so happy about all this Tau stuff.
Rest assured, you both, he means it. ;)

Also, that's nice, DarkestEx. Kinda like Desmos adding the circle constant tau as the "capital theta".

One question, though: How are you not happy about it? :P
I am absolutely fine with the idea of Tau, however I think some people (not you) are taking this too far.
Like e.g. adding it to Python or fighting on YouTube about it.
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 08:17:45 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 08:16:13 PM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on March 01, 2017, 07:55:51 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 07:16:47 PM
Quote from: p2 on March 01, 2017, 04:27:38 PM
Quote from: Sorunome on March 01, 2017, 12:10:59 PM
I started using tau in my code. It's so much more readable now!
why does this sound so ironic to me... :P
Indeed :P
I added Tau to my RPN-Calc, but just for fun. Pi is also there and has precedence in the menu over Tau.
I am also not so happy about all this Tau stuff.
Rest assured, you both, he means it. ;)

Also, that's nice, DarkestEx. Kinda like Desmos adding the circle constant tau as the "capital theta".

One question, though: How are you not happy about it? :P
I am absolutely fine with the idea of Tau, however I think some people (not you) are taking this too far.
Like e.g. adding it to Python or fighting on YouTube about it.
Well, I dunno, I'm all for adding it to Python or Java, or similar. It's already in Processing.js. :P
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on March 02, 2017, 05:40:50 AM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 08:16:13 PM
or fighting on YouTube about it.
Yeah IMHO that was a bit why I kept an eye on those Tau discussions on CW. I noticed that  we got users who have much stronger opinions about pi and tau than about politics and religion and I checked in case some discussions becomes blown out of propotion just about something like this. O.O
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: p2 on March 02, 2017, 10:23:09 AM
There's a SouthPark episode about timetravel and in the future there's a war about how the atheist community should be called (something like "Atheist's Allience" or "Allience of the Atheists"). The episode was so ridiculous I laughed at it.
Now I begin to realize we humans are even worse than I thought, fighting this strong about such a thing... That's actually pretty sad


anyways, back to topic:
make pi great again!!1! :walrii:
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: JWinslow23 on March 02, 2017, 11:50:02 AM
I realize you say "Make Pi Great Again" in jest, but mind you, pi was never great in the first place ;)

Also, Michael Hartl actually read my play through an email I gave him about it. He said he "thoroughly enjoyed reading it", but one thing to improve the factuality of the play would be to switch the roles so he was the convincer, rather than the convincee. So the roles of Vi and Mike have been switched (so can someone check if there are the proper gender pronouns?).
Title: Re: Cheers to Constant Tau: A Dialogue About Tau
Post by: Sorunome on March 02, 2017, 06:02:36 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on March 01, 2017, 08:16:13 PM
[...]
I am absolutely fine with the idea of Tau, however I think some people (not you) are taking this too far.
Like e.g. adding it to Python or fighting on YouTube about it.
How is adding a useful constant to a widely used programming language "taking this too far" ???