Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 It all starts with 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 But then theirs just a little bit left over. 3.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 and just a tiny bit after that... 3.14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geds Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 HEY! I found a 1 on the floor. 3.141 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hmmm. I think maybe adding two digits at a time might make this go faster? 3.1415 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geds Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I haven't thought of sex for 92 seconds. 3.141592 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 If you use an 8-digit calculator, this works: 3.1415926 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geds Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Nunavuter has 5 posts so far in this thread. 3.14159265 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 89 was the year Presto came out 3.141592653589 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 In 1430, the arab mathematician Al-Koshi calculated Pi to this point: 3.14159265358979 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 In 1593, Romanus added one more digit: 3.141592653589793 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Just three years later, Van Ceulen added three more places: 3.14159265358979323846 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it! 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50 (breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 alas...the next digit popped up thirty years later, and it looked like there may be a couple more digits. 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 502 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Aubrey Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 QUOTE (Nunavuter @ May 11 2006, 10:17 PM) By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it! 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50 (breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable) Let me guess-you're a math teacher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 88 is the year I graduated from High school. 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50288 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 QUOTE (Jack Aubrey @ May 11 2006, 09:26 PM) QUOTE (Nunavuter @ May 11 2006, 10:17 PM) By 1600, Ludolph van Ceulen (circa 1600) computed the first 32 decimal places of Pi. He was so proud of this accomplishment that he had them inscribed on his tombstone. The last digit was a zero, and he thought he'd completed it! 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 50 (breaking it in chunks of ten helps it to be readable) Let me guess-you're a math teacher. Nope...I'm a science journalist 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841 '41 was the year the USA entered WWII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Nah, you're just hot for Kate Bush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Her song "Pi" on Aerial is rather good, singing the first 180 digits or so... 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 The first 40 digits were know by the early 1700s... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Bryan Adams was only 7 years old in the summer of '69, so what the hell was he singing about? What 7-year-old has a band? 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 69 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Now, if he'd been 39 when Reckless came out...he'd have had a point. 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 '93 was the year I met my ex-wife 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 693993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 '75 was the year Jaws came out. Best monster movie ever made! 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 69399375 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nunavuter Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 Hmmm. it ends with a zero again. I wonder if this is the end of Pi? 3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Night Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 58 is the atomic number of Cerium. The pure metal may ignite when scratched with a knife. Pretty cool eh! 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058 ....and if I screwed this up, then oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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