Pi
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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.
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Domenic [Geekn] wrote: opposed to the typical teenage swimsuit calendar, band poster, etc—doesn't quite fit that notion of reality It's a good start, though. After all, someone's going to have to do the cooking while your head is lost in the clouds designing the future of mankind, and you won't have Mom forever!:-D
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Nick Parker wrote: I'm sorry, not exactly sure that is a perk. Eh, in comparison to, say, DOS, or Windows 3.1... I dunno, a modernish GUI interface is a good place to start.
-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…”
Indeed! I had ones and zeroes, and a bunch of toggle switches for my first. Win95 was a much better choice.:)
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Heaven forbid! We're at least 20 feet away from each other when we post wise crack comments to each other. Less the 20' and we use IM. cheers, Chris Maunder
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You'd love The Elements[^], by Tom Lehrer (to a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan). :-D
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee..."Roger Wright wrote: You'd love The Elements[^], by Tom Lehrer (to a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan). Thanks for the link. I haven't heard that song since I was young. It was featured on a childrens science programme. Gonna keep this one in my favourites. Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
let see, 3.15.... hmm guess I won't be surviving the Death Zone on Gallifery ;-) Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
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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
Chris Maunder wrote: 15 Chris Maunder wrote: there's some guys here who are truly lost causes Uhuh, and 15 digits is not considered a lost cause? Hooooo k.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africabrianwelsch wrote: I find my day goes by more smoothly if I never question other peoples fantasies. My own disturb me enough.
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
kmaz wrote: How many digits of pi do you have memorized? I cannot even remember what Pi starts with, never mind what comes after the little full stop bit. ;) I guess this is a test of geekhood. Like when two Harley owners rock up at the lights and see who can make the most noise. Or when John Simmons and his buddies see who has the most horsepower under the bonnet.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africabrianwelsch wrote: I find my day goes by more smoothly if I never question other peoples fantasies. My own disturb me enough.
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
I used to know 100. Let's see 3.141592653589793238462643350288.... This is all I can recite. I am sure it might not be accurate after the 20th decimal place. I have a feeling that I reorder everything after that. Thanks, Wes
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I used to know 100. Let's see 3.141592653589793238462643350288.... This is all I can recite. I am sure it might not be accurate after the 20th decimal place. I have a feeling that I reorder everything after that. Thanks, Wes
E seems to be easier to remember than pi because of the repetition. 2.718281828 Thanks, Wes
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Chris Maunder wrote: 15 (when I was 13 - how sad is that) I'm impressed! I never bothered to memorize more than the first 4 digits - it's very rare to need more in engineering. We mostly write stuff out as multiples of π and pray the symbols will cancel out. I do recall having to memorizes pages and pages of logarithms in high school, but fortunately college and the slide rule put an end to that folly.
"Ask not for whom the bell tolls;
It tolls for thee..."Roger Wright wrote: but fortunately college and the slide rule put an end to that folly. whats a "slide rule"? is it an extendable rod cave men used to kill? ;P ;)
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Mmmmm, pieeee...
David Wulff
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I sometimes just like to set these esoteric goals for myself :) I had stumbled onto a Web site that had promoted being a member of the "pi 100 club" and so I just had to do it. :laugh: Cheers, Tom Archer, Inside C# Mainstream is just a word for the way things always have been -- just a middle-of-the-road, tow-the-line thing; a front for the Man serving up the same warmed-over slop he did yesterday and expecting you to say, "Thank you sir, may I have another?"
Tom Archer wrote: I had stumbled onto a Web site that had promoted being a member of the "pi 100 club" and so I just had to do it. Kinda like the mile-high club?.... Oh wait, that is very different. ;) -Nick Parker
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
9 decimal places Somehow I can remember all my bank account numbers and most of my credit card numbers too... Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
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9 decimal places Somehow I can remember all my bank account numbers and most of my credit card numbers too... Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and most of my credit card numbers too... Prove it. Also expiry date and security number too ;-) Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
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Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: and most of my credit card numbers too... Prove it. Also expiry date and security number too ;-) Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
If I ever dye my hair blonde, I might just become dumb enough to comply. Of course, losing as much from my IQ as I would under those circumstances, I'd likely have difficulty remembering the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything, much less a credit card number. :laugh: Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In
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How many digits of pi do you have memorized?
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Roger Wright wrote: but fortunately college and the slide rule put an end to that folly. whats a "slide rule"? is it an extendable rod cave men used to kill? ;P ;)
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Nnamdi Onyeyiri wrote: an extendable rod cave men used to kill? Something like that. Mostly it was used by professors to kill undergrads, but the last time I used mine was to stir paint.
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Roger Wright wrote: You'd love The Elements[^], by Tom Lehrer (to a tune by Sir Arthur Sullivan). Thanks for the link. I haven't heard that song since I was young. It was featured on a childrens science programme. Gonna keep this one in my favourites. Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
Michael P Butler wrote: Gonna keep this one in my favourites. Me, too. I wrote an email to the guy that made the animation last night to thank him for immortalizing one of my favorites, and he responded this morning: "Mr. Lehrer is content to let me use his song in my animation without any legal hassle, so it'll be available until I get hit by a bus, or something. Knock on wood. Thanks for writing in but come back soon as I've got some more animated goodies in the offing." He's also got a series of unpublished cartoons there that are hilarious, and a link to an interview with Tom Lehrer (now 74 years old). He's as clever as always, but has no interest in recording or performing.:(
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kmaz wrote: How many digits of pi do you have memorized? I cannot even remember what Pi starts with, never mind what comes after the little full stop bit. ;) I guess this is a test of geekhood. Like when two Harley owners rock up at the lights and see who can make the most noise. Or when John Simmons and his buddies see who has the most horsepower under the bonnet.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africabrianwelsch wrote: I find my day goes by more smoothly if I never question other peoples fantasies. My own disturb me enough.
Paul Watson wrote: Like when two Harley owners rock up at the lights and see who can make the most noise. Or when John Simmons and his buddies see who has the most horsepower under the bonnet. Or when two photographers meet and begin comparing lenses and accessories?:-D
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Chris Maunder wrote: 15 Chris Maunder wrote: there's some guys here who are truly lost causes Uhuh, and 15 digits is not considered a lost cause? Hooooo k.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South Africabrianwelsch wrote: I find my day goes by more smoothly if I never question other peoples fantasies. My own disturb me enough.
Paul Watson wrote: Uhuh, and 15 digits is not considered a lost cause? Hooooo k. No - but 21 is. After Dave's comment I sat down and concentrated and now 21 digits are burned into my frontal lobe. That's a lost cause. cheers, Chris Maunder