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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!
asdf asdf  Account Info

i love pi it tastes so good....mmmm.....3.1415926535897<-----i hope that is not wrong because that would be embarassing....

     14 March 2003, 04:54 GMT


Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
asdf asdf  Account Info

im replying to my own comment yea!!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

     14 March 2003, 04:57 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
jrock7286  Account Info

I memorized this much:
Pi=3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944 5923078164 0628620899 8628034825 3421170679 8214808651 3282306647 0938446095 5058223172 5359408128 4811174502 841

mmm...Pi :)

     14 March 2003, 05:37 GMT

Re: Happy Pi Day!
ddav1dz Account Info

did you guys know that einstein's birthday is on march 14? wierd eh?

     14 March 2003, 07:07 GMT


Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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already posted...

     14 March 2003, 08:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Yep, and my birthday killed him.

     14 March 2003, 19:03 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
Michael O'Brien  Account Info

Thats one way to put it

     14 March 2003, 22:08 GMT

Re: Happy Pi Day!
Pooner278  Account Info

Whoever gets the 314 post will be the ultimate PI master.

I know about 65 digits of PI:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419
716939937510582097494459230

WOOT I just typed that all out by hand from memory

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     14 March 2003, 07:13 GMT

Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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What was that little ascii thing there?

     14 March 2003, 08:41 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
benryves  Account Info
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a pi symbol!

     14 March 2003, 09:13 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
no_one_2000_  Account Info
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Err.... supposed to be :) Browsers don't allow more than two spaces in a row without HTML tricks.

     14 March 2003, 19:03 GMT


Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
JcN  Account Info

....WOOT?

Do you mean w00t!?
<to everyone>please w00t! correctly</to everyone>

     20 March 2003, 05:47 GMT

Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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........................................
no. Just no. Pi day? celebrating a number... oi vey. it's just a number, people... it's not special. There are an infinite number of infinitely nonrepeating decimals. The universe is infinite. Therefore, each number will show up at least once in nature. In fact, each number will show up *infinitely* in nature. So pi isn't special.

     14 March 2003, 08:29 GMT


Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
Joey Gannon  Account Info
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Nightrose, you mustn't forget that pi contains a 238-digit sequence which will unlock the secrets of the stock market... and the universe. If that isn't special, I don't know what is.

     14 March 2003, 16:36 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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Logically, every infinitely non-repeating number contains that same sequence, simply because they are all infinite. Infinity does some weird stuff to probability. For instance, if the universe is infinite, then everything humankind has ever thought or dreamt up does exist, somewhere. In the same fashion, every infinitely non-repeating number contains every other infinitely non-repeating number, either before, after, or crossing the decimal place.

     14 March 2003, 19:46 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
AndySoft  Account Info

Have you ever heard of the multiverse theory?

     14 March 2003, 23:18 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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of course I have...

     15 March 2003, 06:05 GMT


Do ya agree with it?
AndySoft  Account Info

I think that it would be... weird :p Imagine, several multiverses that don't have me visiting ticalc.org or typing on the forums.... *shivers* Also, there would be several in which I somehow convinced my parents to get me a TI-89... *shivers* :p

     16 March 2003, 01:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
Joey Gannon  Account Info
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Oops... I watched the movie again. I guess it's a 216-digit sequence. Oh well.

     16 March 2003, 18:18 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
lord_nightrose Account Info
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You realize the significance of 216, don't you? another Number of the Beast...

216 = 6^3 = 6*6*6 (666)...

     17 March 2003, 16:46 GMT

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
Chivo  Account Info

The web-safe colors are based on a 6x6x6 color cube, so there are 216 colors. Just FYI.

Happy (3 days after) Pi Day!

     18 March 2003, 02:48 GMT


Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Happy Pi Day!
Chivo  Account Info

What happened to the other reply to this post? The posts are just disappearing by the second! They're getting pruned a lot. ticalc.org is getting ruthless.

By the way, Happy Pi Day! (Just to make it relevant to the topic)

     18 March 2003, 03:45 GMT

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