How many decimal places in Pi do you know?

[Homerboy]

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/10/04/pi.memory.ap/index.html


TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese mental health counselor recited pi to 100,000 decimal places from memory on Wednesday, setting what he claims to be a new world record.

Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed more than 16 hours to recite the number to 100,000 decimal places, breaking his personal best of 83,431 digits set in 1995, his office said Wednesday. He made the attempt at a public hall in Kisarazu, just east of Tokyo.

 

[jman19]

Um, WTF?

 

[JulesMaximus]

Substantially less than that.

 

[dullard]

Very few, I have a life.

 

[neutralizer]

That's just wrong. All I know is 3.141592653

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: dullard
Very few, I have a life.

spent on internet forums borads

 

[yosuke188]

3.1415926535897932384
626433832795028841971
693993751058209749445
923078164062862089986
280348253421170679821
480865132823066470938
446095505822317253594
081284811174502841027
019385211055596446229
489549303819644288109
756659334461284756482
337867831652712019091
456485669234603486104
543266482133936072602
491412737245870066063
155881748815209209628
292540917153643678925
903600113305305488204
665213841469519415116
09 is all i can remember.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: yosuke188
3.1415926535897932384
626433832795028841971
693993751058209749445
923078164062862089986
280348253421170679821
480865132823066470938
446095505822317253594
081284811174502841027
019385211055596446229
489549303819644288109
756659334461284756482
337867831652712019091
456485669234603486104
543266482133936072602
491412737245870066063
155881748815209209628
292540917153643678925
903600113305305488204
665213841469519415116
09 is all i can remember.

that looks suspiciously like a copy and paste to me.... Hmm....

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Homerboy
spent on internet forums borads

Even that time is infinitely better spent than years of memorizing useless digits.

 

[nakedfrog]

You never know when someone is gonna threaten you with death unless you can recite pi to the 100,00th digit.

 

[swtethan]

weird al can remember more

 

[neutralizer]

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: yosuke188
3.1415926535897932384
626433832795028841971
693993751058209749445
923078164062862089986
280348253421170679821
480865132823066470938
446095505822317253594
081284811174502841027
019385211055596446229
489549303819644288109
756659334461284756482
337867831652712019091
456485669234603486104
543266482133936072602
491412737245870066063
155881748815209209628
292540917153643678925
903600113305305488204
665213841469519415116
09 is all i can remember.

that looks suspiciously like a copy and paste to me.... Hmm....

Yea seriously. Who hits enter that many times trying to type pi.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: Homerboy
spent on internet forums borads

Even that time is infinitely better spent than years of memorizing useless digits.

Hey he's in the news and the Guiness Book! Think of the chicks he's gonna get... man all the groupies "Say some more numbers!!!!"

 

[jimbob200521]

3.141592 is all I know by heart.

 

[Feldenak]

I know it to 2 places. 3.14

 

[buzzsaw13]

I can do about 20 digits

 

[yosuke188]

Originally posted by: neutralizer

Originally posted by: Homerboy

Originally posted by: yosuke188
3.1415926535897932384
626433832795028841971
693993751058209749445
923078164062862089986
280348253421170679821
480865132823066470938
446095505822317253594
081284811174502841027
019385211055596446229
489549303819644288109
756659334461284756482
337867831652712019091
456485669234603486104
543266482133936072602
491412737245870066063
155881748815209209628
292540917153643678925
903600113305305488204
665213841469519415116
09 is all i can remember.

that looks suspiciously like a copy and paste to me.... Hmm....

Yea seriously. Who hits enter that many times trying to type pi.

You mean to tell me that I would copy and paste something as simple as this?

I just used even spacing so the format of this page wouldn't get screwed up.

I eat these digits of pi for breakfast, and they go well with milk.

 

[wheresmybacon]

this "contest" would be entirely more intriguing if intermittent power-drinking was involved

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: hungfarover
this "contest" would be entirely more intriguing if intermittent power-drinking was involved

Every time you say '69' you chug a beer.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: dullard
Very few, I have a life.

Hey look at me, I make fun of people who are more skilled than I and I dismiss them to make myself feel better.

 

[Thraxen]

I can't decide whether this is a good or bad sign in regards his career as mental health counselor. Clearly the guy is very intelligent and could likely help someone if they had issues studying or something, but then I have to wonder if he is a bit crazy for bothering to memorize that many numbers.

 

[MrDudeMan]

i memorized 800 last semester for fun...i got extra credit in diff eq. for it because i wrote it out on the chalkboard(s) in front of the class. it was amusing.

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Thraxen
I can't decide whether this is a good or bad sign in regards his career as mental health counselor. Clearly the guy is very intelligent and could likely help someone if they had issues studying or something, but then I have to wonder if he is a bit crazy for bothering memorize that many numbers.

they memorize the numbers by forming words with certain patterns. i did it for the first 800. it took me just over 2 weeks to learn that many.

 

[letdown427]

Originally posted by: neutralizer
That's just wrong. All I know is 3.141592653

Beat me by one

 

[Thraxen]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan

Originally posted by: Thraxen
I can't decide whether this is a good or bad sign in regards his career as mental health counselor. Clearly the guy is very intelligent and could likely help someone if they had issues studying or something, but then I have to wonder if he is a bit crazy for bothering memorize that many numbers.

they memorize the numbers by forming words with certain patterns. i did it for the first 800. it took me just over 2 weeks to learn that many.

How do they form words?