Pi
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peterchen wrote: 8 (after the decimal point) ditto. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
But why? For me, it's the number of significant digits on the first pocket calculator I had. (I had to subtract 3.14 to see the remaining digits - clever me!!)
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
20 (after the decimal) 3.14159265358979323846 I had to memorize it as a part of joining my fraternity :) When you were asked to recite it, you had to say it as fast as your mouth could possibly make the sounds. Any slip ups and you had to funnel a beer and start over. -- Russell Morris "Have you gone mad Frink? Put down that science pole!"
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
This is silly, but the digits I know come from a Simpsons episode, where Lisa visits a school for "gifted children". Two girls are playing paddy-cake but sing this: Cross my heart and hope to die These are the numbers that make up pi. 3 point 1415926535897 [fade out...] The bad part is that I can't recite or type the numbers unless I do it at the same speed as the girls were singing it. ;) --Mike-- Latest blog entry: *drool* (Alyson) [May 10] Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber "You have Erica on the brain" - Jon Sagara to me
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
OH! Beat you ALL!!! 240! Before this year, it was 54, but then I met someone who knew around 90, so I just had to beat her... chaos ensued, ending with my victory at 240. All your base are belonging to US! w00t! OK, I'll calm down now...
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
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This is silly, but the digits I know come from a Simpsons episode, where Lisa visits a school for "gifted children". Two girls are playing paddy-cake but sing this: Cross my heart and hope to die These are the numbers that make up pi. 3 point 1415926535897 [fade out...] The bad part is that I can't recite or type the numbers unless I do it at the same speed as the girls were singing it. ;) --Mike-- Latest blog entry: *drool* (Alyson) [May 10] Ericahist | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber "You have Erica on the brain" - Jon Sagara to me
You'd love The Elements[^], by Tom Lehrer (to a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan). :-D
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
I can remember 22 (Yay for me!) I learned that many from hearing my wife repeat it so many times, and reading over a sheet of Pi while she learned it. She managed to memorise 800 (Yes, Eight Hundred) decimal places. and she recited them in a local University competition, scoring herself an Apple Pie and a book :) My wife is way cool :rose: Phil
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OH! Beat you ALL!!! 240! Before this year, it was 54, but then I met someone who knew around 90, so I just had to beat her... chaos ensued, ending with my victory at 240. All your base are belonging to US! w00t! OK, I'll calm down now...
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
My wife beats you so bad... :-D See my post below....
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OH! Beat you ALL!!! 240! Before this year, it was 54, but then I met someone who knew around 90, so I just had to beat her... chaos ensued, ending with my victory at 240. All your base are belonging to US! w00t! OK, I'll calm down now...
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
Domenic [Geekn] wrote: 240! Isn't about time you started hanging around malt shops with girls, Domenic?:-D You're making me feel old... well, older, maybe.:-O
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Domenic [Geekn] wrote: 240! Isn't about time you started hanging around malt shops with girls, Domenic?:-D You're making me feel old... well, older, maybe.:-O
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee..."Roger Wright wrote: Isn't about time you started hanging around malt shops with girls, Domenic? :-O
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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But why? For me, it's the number of significant digits on the first pocket calculator I had. (I had to subtract 3.14 to see the remaining digits - clever me!!)
"Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen -
I can remember 22 (Yay for me!) I learned that many from hearing my wife repeat it so many times, and reading over a sheet of Pi while she learned it. She managed to memorise 800 (Yes, Eight Hundred) decimal places. and she recited them in a local University competition, scoring herself an Apple Pie and a book :) My wife is way cool :rose: Phil
pmartin wrote: My wife is way cool I'll say! :cool:
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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I think it's because it's like a long distance US telephone number: 1-415-9265 - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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I can remember 22 (Yay for me!) I learned that many from hearing my wife repeat it so many times, and reading over a sheet of Pi while she learned it. She managed to memorise 800 (Yes, Eight Hundred) decimal places. and she recited them in a local University competition, scoring herself an Apple Pie and a book :) My wife is way cool :rose: Phil
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OH! Beat you ALL!!! 240! Before this year, it was 54, but then I met someone who knew around 90, so I just had to beat her... chaos ensued, ending with my victory at 240. All your base are belonging to US! w00t! OK, I'll calm down now...
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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:omg: You were born in '88!!! (must have been nice to get a playstation or SNES for your 9th birthday ;P ) - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
Hehehe, yup, that I was! But in regards to the game consoles, no chance there :(. My parents said they would rot my brain or something :confused:. So instead I just play computer games! But yes, there are some perks—not in the least among them having my first computer be a Windows 95 machine and my first programming environment be Visual C++ 6.0. :cool:
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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Domenic [Geekn] wrote: 240! Isn't about time you started hanging around malt shops with girls, Domenic?:-D You're making me feel old... well, older, maybe.:-O
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee..."As a follow up, I think someone who has an "XSLT and XPath Quick Reference" guide on his wall, as well as a large poster showing all the units for the various factions of Galactic Battlegrounds—as opposed to the typical teenage swimsuit calendar, band poster, etc—doesn't quite fit that notion of reality :-D.
-Domenic Denicola- [CPUA 0x1337] “I was born human. But this was an accident of fate—a condition merely of time and place. I believe it's something we have the power to change…”
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I can remember 22 (Yay for me!) I learned that many from hearing my wife repeat it so many times, and reading over a sheet of Pi while she learned it. She managed to memorise 800 (Yes, Eight Hundred) decimal places. and she recited them in a local University competition, scoring herself an Apple Pie and a book :) My wife is way cool :rose: Phil
scoring herself an Apple Pie and a book I would rather go and buy an apple pie and a book rather than memorize 800 decimal places of pi :-D Thomas My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers
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15 (when I was 13 - how sad is that) I think we've been over this before and there's some guys here who are truly lost causes ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
I had to fire up notepad to figure it out, but I know 20, and surprisingly haven't thought about it _at all_ in 15 years. Weird. David
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I had to fire up notepad to figure it out, but I know 20, and surprisingly haven't thought about it _at all_ in 15 years. Weird. David
Nerd! Nerd! :D (OK - so now I'm feeling inferior - I admit it ;)) cheers, Chris Maunder