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- D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -2/+35pi=10
I always work in base pi. - ers35, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27Ah! I knew this quote would come true one day:
"i don't have hard drives. i just keep 30 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers" - shinynew, on 10/12/2007, -6/+31**** SPOILER ALERT *****
Its 42
***** END SPOILER ****** - mriegger, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23and 10,000 is less impressive
- JaceFuse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18Someone should probably tell him about 42...
- clos, on 10/12/2007, -5/+19This man is my hero.
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12The "Eternal truth" he is looking for is: Don't spend your life looking for the meaning of life in 100,000 numbers of Pi; Live it instead.
- mustafya, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12The movie Pi... great movie btw and diggs for mentioning it.
- anglachel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10"that many schools in Japan even teach the value of pi as 3 to simplify the concept amid the plethora of math formulas, grammar rules and history facts that students must cram."
No wonder every one always says the japanesse education system is better then the US, it is because they have mastered the fine art of rounding. - Jaq524, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Really though... lets say I've memorized three digits of pi, out of a possible infinite number of digits. What, exactly, is the difference between the ratios 3:∞ and 100,000:∞ ? It's so hard to think about.
On a side note, however, this guy's memorization technique is really cool. Although it isn't exactly new, it's definitely worth the digg by itself. - baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8In the search for deeper meaning in my life, I'm going to attempt to have sex with 100,000 girls... and remember all their names..
- sirsteveh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@Jag524: You don't need the infinite digits of pi, because your measurements are only so precise. It's all about significant figures. Memorizing 100,000 digits of pi, however, implies a great profusion of spare time which many of us only wish we had.
- JimmyLin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The article couldn't resist making this pun: "Indeed, for a man who has made a mind-boggling effort to memorize a math construct that most pay no attention to, having conversations with fellow human beings -- in whatever language -- should be easy as pie."
- Etaoin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@kuribo:
pi = 4 - 4/3 + 4/5 - 4/7 + 4/9 - 4/11 + ...
Don't ask me how to do that in your head, but it's one of many mathematical sequences that converges to pi. The more terms you include, the closer you get.
More information, as usual, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi - berwiki, on 10/12/2007, -11/+16he should have spent that time learning how to talk to women.
- ThorAx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Pi to the the millionth digit.
http://3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592.com/index1.html - retral, on 10/12/2007, -0/+542 shows up a lot.
- dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"this guy stands no chance against the brit who actualy factors it out in his head, he only went to 50,000 but he doesnt memorize actualy calculates so ya..."
Even with the faster approximation based formulae, there is no way in hell you'll get to 50,000 in your head without memorising them. It gets exponentially harder with every digit, probably taking about twice as long to get each successive digit. Getting to 500 in your head this way would be superhumanly impressive, 50,000 is just not believable. From the very beginning of Pi it's MUCH MUCH easier to memorise the digits.
"39 decimal places of pi is enough to compute
the circumference of a circle around the known universe
to within an accuracy of the radius of a hydrogen atom." - burke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4alternatively, pi = C/2r
- burke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Easy. 42.000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
Shall I continue? - anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Pics of porn models don't count, but good luck in your quest.
- mc7winkie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Who cares? Cake > Pie any day. Thats all he REALLY needs to know anyways.
- orbanj, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Breaking Story: It turns out that scientists made an error in calculating Pi, which is actually something like 7.
In other news, Akira Haraguchi committed suicide today. - baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Pi to a Whopping 100 000 Decimal Places
http://www.uoguelph.ca/zoology/devobio/210labs/MeiosisQuiz/pi.html - ravitek, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Yo, I know pi to a thousand places
Ain't got no grills but I still wear braces - D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3For great justice!
- Narwaffle, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Didn't 42 turn out to lead to some absurd conclusion in the 5th book?
- Rorrim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2koko775, before you comment on math notation, you might want to know what you're talking about.
Example to show you:
Binary ... Base ten
1 ... 1
10 ... 2 __ Note this one!
11 ... 3
ad infinitum. - Goosemaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hmmm....pie.
- kuribo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I always wondered, how do they calculate it? I mean, 22/7 is just an approximation, right? So what numbers are exact figures for a diameter and circumference of the same circle?
- ardenr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6This guy really needs to restate his assumptions. Or even a complete rethink.
- haiduz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Unless you're a mathematician or an engineer....
...or a student - dacheetah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If a circle does not exist, then no shape can exist.
If you make a circle as accurately as you can on a computer monitor, it's still made of squares, but if you look closely at those squares, you'll find each of them is made up of millions of molecules, which consist of roughly round atoms, which consist of roughly round protons, electrons and neutrons. It gets alot more complicated if you want to know what shape their sub-components are.
As such, no defined shape can be perfect, and so do not exist.
A circle however is a concept that we attempt to approach in real life. Tangibly any 2D shape can't exist, since we interact with a 3D universe, but the 3D equivalent is a sphere, and we know they exist as a concept, but making a perfect one is impossible. A soccer ball is rougly spherical, but made up of slightly curved pentagons and hexagons, and is far from perfect, some metal balls are about as perfect as we can tell without equipment, and some are so good that even with the best of equipment they seem almost perfect. But these shapes are still concepts, and the concepts are real. A circle does exist, it just cannot be constructed perfectly in real life. - haiduz, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4http://pi.ytmnd.com/
- subterfu9e, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Through years of practice at home, which he has done every night after dinner and a bit of sake, and which to him seems more like daydreaming than cramming, he has trained himself to recite up to five numbers per second, he said."
Nice to see he doesn't take life too seriously. - gann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2kuribo:
There are a number of numerical series that converge rather quickly to PI. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#Efficient_methods - Dotnetsky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2So the Cajun guy's son comes home from college.
"What you learn at school, Son?"
"Pi R Square, Pop".
"No Son. Pie are round. Cornbread are square." - Kale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2actually, it would be 10.
2 in base 2 is 10, 10 in base 10 is 10. - kludwick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You know, pi != 22/7, so this is false.
- drawkbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Because the real answer to the life the universe and everything is... a problem. Mystery and problems to solve are the meaning of life.
- triple110, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did he finally figure out that life = futility
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3happy birthday, euclid
- Gesiwuj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wow - and I thought that my friend knowing 120 digits was scary... 3.1415926535897932384626832795028841971693993
- Icklehamsta, on 10/10/2007, -0/+122/7 is pretty damn innacurate
- proficient, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's cool.
- k4ng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I can't even memorize my phone number. -__-;;
- Dvoid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You don't have to have no life to memorize 100,000 digits of pi... if you do it over 5 years as the article says he started in 2001.
100,00/5 = 20,000
20,000/365 = about 54-55 digits a day.
Obviously memorizing 54-55 digits a day AND keeping track of what you've already memorized takes time... but it's not "you have no life" time.
Also, I think he started in his early sixties? I'd HOPE I had lots of free time to do what I want with by the time I'm 60. - VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You know, that's not even in the book. Just the movie.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Homer - Is this pi symbolic or real
mmm pi - inactive, on 03/13/2008, -0/+1http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bVVQ0FZeys&feature ...
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