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Happy Pi Day!
Posted by Joey on 14 March 2003, 01:00 GMT
In honor of this most nerdy of holidays, I am typing this article on my TI-89 with the assistance of my TI-Keyboard. There are a few pi-related things worth mentioning... - If you haven't already, go out and rent the movie Pi. Although it is rated R [in the USA -- Henrik], I saw it when I was 15 and received no ill effects. It is absolutely worth plunking down a few bucks for, unless you have some strange aversion to power drills. (Shhh... don't ruin it!)
- Since last Pi Day, the record for the most digits of pi calculated was broken. A super-computer cluster in Japan calculated a whopping 1.2411 trillion digits of pi. (Of course, my cluster of Beowulf TI-81's will beat that some day.)
- Although it has been available since 1999, it's worth mentioning Andreas Wahlin's Pi Training for the TI-89. By using it, I have managed to memorize 133 digits of pi.
- 99% of girls and English teachers do not care at ALL about Pi Day, and will look upon you unfavorably if you mention it. General rule of thumb: Do not mention Pi Day to anyone unless you wouldn't feel silly telling them that "all your base are belong to us."
- Nerd holidays are excellent excuses for postponing tests and eating pie during class. At the time of this posting, it isn't yet Pi Day in the U.S., so you've still got plenty of time to run out and buy pies for your math class. DOITGORIGHTNOW!
- At 1:59PM (and 26 seconds, if you feel the need to be precise), it is advisable to spontaineously recite all of your memorized digits of pi aloud. Do this even if you think pi = 3.1416.
- Instead of sleeping, spend all night wondering why ln(-1)/i = 4*(.5!)^2 = pi.
- Keep in mind that being a nerd is a great gift, and that it will pay off in the long run. Word.
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Re: Happy Pi Day!
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jrock7286 
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I am not going to have access to a computer at that time, so I'm going to have to announce now that: "NO_ONE_2000_!!! I HAVE OFFICIALLY BROKEN YOUR RECORD WITH 169 DIGITS OF PI!!!" yay... that is very refreshing
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14 March 2003, 01:58 GMT
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Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
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no_one_2000_
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Hey, it turns out, I actually did better than I thought I would... I ended up knowing and reciting 144 digits on 3/14 1:59:26. That's better than 130, I guess :) Where did you learn all the digits that you know?
I started off with Windows Calculator. I hit the pi button, and memorized the 15 or so digits they have there. Then... I went to joyofpi.com/pi.htm (link) and I copied+pasted the 10,000 digits into a text file. Then, I made a javascript game (similar to the calculator one, but I have lots of different styles of play on it, so it's better, I guess) that had 1000 digits stored. Then, I made that calculator game and worked on that for a while. By the way, this all happened in over a year's time. :) (Before last year's 3/14 to this year's 3/14)
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14 March 2003, 22:24 GMT
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Re: Happy Pi Day!
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gamedwellerz
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Hehehe, its also my mother's birthday, she is turning 40!
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14 March 2003, 02:13 GMT
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Re: Happy Pi Day!
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Benjamin Moody
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PI SECOND GMT!!!
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14 March 2003, 02:59 GMT
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Re: Happy Pi Day!
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anthony C
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Happy PI Day everyone!! I also wanted to point out that it is also Albert Einstein's Birthday.
Anthony
Pi to 1000 decimal places:
3.
1415926535897932384626433832795028841971
6939937510582097494459230781640628620899
8628034825342117067982148086513282306647
0938446095505822317253594081284811174502
8410270193852110555964462294895493038196
4428810975665933446128475648233786783165
2712019091456485669234603486104543266482
1339360726024914127372458700660631558817
4881520920962829254091715364367892590360
0113305305488204665213841469519415116094
3305727036575959195309218611738193261179
3105118548074462379962749567351885752724
8912279381830119491298336733624406566430
8602139494639522473719070217986094370277
0539217176293176752384674818467669405132
0005681271452635608277857713427577896091
7363717872146844090122495343014654958537
1050792279689258923542019956112129021960
8640344181598136297747713099605187072113
4999999837297804995105973173281609631859
5024459455346908302642522308253344685035
2619311881710100031378387528865875332083
8142061717766914730359825349042875546873
1159562863882353787593751957781857780532
1712268066130019278766111959092164201989
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