# You're back!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [April 21, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522 "2012-04-21T18:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522/1 "2012-04-21T18:40:28Z")

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Lost you for a while there. Server not found. You had me worried, guys.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522/2 "2012-04-21T19:04:30Z")

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I brought pie.

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522/3 "2012-04-22T18:39:46Z")

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> [@aldiboronti](#):
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> Lost you for a while there. Server not found. You had me worried, guys.

> [@Rhythmdvl](#):
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> I brought pie.

I never knew pie caused the server to get lost..

**Rhythmdvl** , please try to be more careful with your purchases. Think of what would  
happen if you brought ice cream to go with it!

-D/a

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522/4 "2012-04-23T14:57:51Z")

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Somebody accidentally told the server to divide by pie. The outage was only while it went out for take-away.

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**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youre-back/619522/5 "2012-04-23T16:28:06Z")

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> [@Gukumatz](#):
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> Somebody accidentally told the server to divide by pie. The outage was only while it went out for take-away.

Well, there’s the problem. You need to put another line of code in the software that says:

“pie” = π

Or: “pie” = 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406  
might also work. It depends on your com **pi** ler.

Although that will disappoint the hamsters, who were hoping for pie, it _will_ keep them going around on the circumference of the circles in their exercise wheels, like they’re supposed to, instead of running out to the pie store.