The NFL saved the best for last for Pittsburgh. The Steelers schedule has a relatively harmless early stretch punctuated by a Week 7 bye, but close with three of their final five games against future Hall of Fame quarterbacks -- Philip Rivers' Chargers, Tom Brady's Patriots, Drew Brees' Saints. The league's late-night darlings from 2017, Pittsburgh is slated to play in eight nationally televised games this time around; that's half of its season in prime time. Thanks to a random but significant quirk, the Steelers could have the AFC North wrapped up by midseason. How? They play five of their six division games between Week 1 (Cleveland Browns) and Week 9 (Baltimore Ravens), and only one more over their final eight games. If the Steelers perform well in those games -- and, overall, they have the NFL's easiest first half of the season based on opponents' 2017 winning percentage --...Read More
Pi Day
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3/14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. The irrational number Pi has been calculated to over one trillion digits beyond its decimal point. In addition, as an irrational and transcendental number, it will continue infinitely without repetition or pattern. Only a handful of digits are needed for typical calculations, however, Pi’s infinite nature makes it a fun challenge to memorize, and to computationally calculate more and more digits. Pi to a 1000 digits 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485669234603486104543266482133936072602491412737245870066063155881748815209209628292540917153643678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919530921861173819326117931051185480744623799627495673518857527248912279381830119491298336733624406566430860213949463952247371907021798609437027705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713427577896091736371787214684409012249534301465495853710507922796892589235420199561121290219608640344181598136297747713099605187072113499999983729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850352619311881710100031378387528865875332083814206171776691473035982534904287554687311595628638823537875937519577818577805321712268066130019278766111959092164201989 Calculate Pi (using the Nilakantha series) and Python P = 3MC = 1C = 1for MC in range(1,50000):P = P + (4/((C+1)*(C+2)*(C+3)) - 4/((C+3)*(C+4)*(C+5)))PI = '%10.60f'%(P)print (PI)C = C + 4 You will need run this code billions of iterations to...Read More
School Shootings 2018
As always this behavior is despicable. The issues around School Shootings need to be discussed and changes need to be made in the following areas. Physical security within the schools. Identification of individuals that may be prone to this type of behavior. Control access to weapons that can produce mass slaughter. Human life is sacred. Lawmakers, get together and discuss. or you might find yourself without a job. Misleading School Shootings Statistics reference Actual School Shootings in the first two months of 2018: 9 shootings, 22 dead, 37 wounded Feb. 14, Broward County, Fla.Stoneman Douglas High School17 dead, 14 wounded Feb. 5, Oxon Hill, Md.Oxon Hill High School1 wounded Feb. 1, Los Angeles, Calif.Salvador B. Castro Middle School5 wounded Jan. 31, Philadelphia, Pa.Lincoln High School1 dead Jan. 23, Benton, Ky.Marshall County High School2 dead, 15 wounded Jan. 22, Gentilly, La.The NET Charter High School1 wounded Jan. 22, Italy, TexasItaly High...Read More