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About 9 years ago, I memorized the first 103 digits after the decimal point. It was not difficult.

 

But I stopped practicing and forgot most of it.

 

See? Valuable lesson! YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE!!

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Here is a mnemonic for you:

 

Poe, E.

Near a Raven

 

Midnights so dreary, tired and weary.

Silently pondering volumes extolling all by-now obsolete lore.

During my rather long nap - the weirdest tap!

An ominous vibrating sound disturbing my chamber's antedoor.

"This", I whispered quietly, "I ignore".

 

Perfectly, the intellect remembers: the ghostly fires, a glittering ember.

Inflamed by lightning's outbursts, windows cast penumbras upon this floor.

Sorrowful, as one mistreated, unhappy thoughts I heeded:

That inimitable lesson in elegance - Lenore -

Is delighting, exciting...nevermore.

 

Ominously, curtains parted (my serenity outsmarted),

And fear overcame my being - the fear of "forevermore".

Fearful foreboding abided, selfish sentiment confided,

As I said, "Methinks mysterious traveler knocks afore.

A man is visiting, of age threescore."

 

Taking little time, briskly addressing something: "Sir," (robustly)

"Tell what source originates clamorous noise afore?

Disturbing sleep unkindly, is it you a-tapping, so slyly?

Why, devil incarnate!--" Here completely unveiled I my antedoor--

Just darkness, I ascertained - nothing more.

 

While surrounded by darkness then, I persevered to clearly comprehend.

I perceived the weirdest dream...of everlasting "nevermores".

Quite, quite, quick nocturnal doubts fled - such relief! - as my intellect said,

(Desiring, imagining still) that perchance the apparition was uttering a whispered "Lenore".

This only, as evermore.

 

Silently, I reinforced, remaining anxious, quite scared, afraid,

While intrusive tap did then come thrice - O, so stronger than sounded afore.

"Surely" (said silently) "it was the banging, clanging window lattice."

Glancing out, I quaked, upset by horrors hereinbefore,

Perceiving: a "nevermore".

 

Completely disturbed, I said, "Utter, please, what prevails ahead.

Repose, relief, cessation, or but more dreary 'nevermores'?"

The bird intruded thence - O, irritation ever since! -

Then sat on Pallas' pallid bust, watching me (I sat not, therefore),

And stated "nevermores".

 

Bemused by raven's dissonance, my soul exclaimed, "I seek intelligence;

Explain thy purpose, or soon cease intoning forlorn 'nevermores'!"

"Nevermores", winged corvus proclaimed - thusly was a raven named?

Actually maintain a surname, upon Pluvious seashore?

I heard an oppressive "nevermore".

 

My sentiments extremely pained, to perceive an utterance so plain,

Most interested, mystified, a meaning I hoped for.

"Surely," said the raven's watcher, "separate discourse is wiser.

Therefore, liberation I'll obtain, retreating heretofore -

Eliminating all the 'nevermores' ".

 

Still, the detestable raven just remained, unmoving, on sculptured bust.

Always saying "never" (by a red chamber's door).

A poor, tender heartache maven - a sorrowful bird - a raven!

O, I wished thoroughly, forthwith, that he'd fly heretofore.

Still sitting, he recited "nevermores".

 

The raven's dirge induced alarm - "nevermore" quite wearisome.

I meditated: "Might its utterances summarize of a calamity before?"

O, a sadness was manifest - a sorrowful cry of unrest;

"O," I thought sincerely, "it's a melancholy great - furthermore,

Removing doubt, this explains 'nevermores' ".

 

Seizing just that moment to sit - closely, carefully, advancing beside it,

Sinking down, intrigued, where velvet cushion lay afore.

A creature, midnight-black, watched there - it studied my soul, unawares.

Wherefore, explanations my insight entreated for.

Silently, I pondered the "nevermores".

 

"Disentangle, nefarious bird! Disengage - I am disturbed!"

Intently its eye burned, raising the cry within my core.

"That delectable Lenore - whose velvet pillow this was, heretofore,

Departed thence, unsettling my consciousness therefore.

She's returning - that maiden - aye, nevermore."

 

Since, to me, that thought was madness, I renounced continuing sadness.

Continuing on, I soundly, adamantly forswore:

"Wretch," (addressing blackbird only) "fly swiftly - emancipate me!"

"Respite, respite, detestable raven - and discharge me, I implore!"

A ghostly answer of: "nevermore".

 

" 'Tis a prophet? Wraith? Strange devil? Or the ultimate evil?"

"Answer, tempter-sent creature!", I inquired, like before.

"Forlorn, though firmly undaunted, with 'nevermores' quite indoctrinated,

Is everything depressing, generating great sorrow evermore?

I am subdued!", I then swore.

 

In answer, the raven turned - relentless distress it spurned.

"Comfort, surcease, quiet, silence!" - pleaded I for.

"Will my (abusive raven!) sorrows persist unabated?

Nevermore Lenore respondeth?", adamantly I encored.

The appeal was ignored.

 

"O, satanic inferno's denizen -- go!", I said boldly, standing then.

"Take henceforth loathsome "nevermores" - O, to an ugly Plutonian shore!

Let nary one expression, O bird, remain still here, replacing mirth.

Promptly leave and retreat!", I resolutely swore.

Blackbird's riposte: "nevermore".

 

So he sitteth, observing always, perching ominously on these doorways.

Squatting on the stony bust so untroubled, O therefore.

Suffering stark raven's conversings, so I am condemned, subserving,

To a nightmare cursed, containing miseries galore.

Thus henceforth, I'll rise (from a darkness, a grave) -- nevermore!

 

From http://users.aol.com/s6sj7gt/mikerav.htm.

 

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QUOTE (Geds @ May 11 2006, 08:51 PM)
I haven't thought of sex for 92 seconds.

3.141592

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6932

 

I ADDED 32 CAUSE I HAVEN'T HAD SEX IN 32 HOURS ohmy.gif

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And here is a similar poem I wrote about Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. It has nothing to do with pi, but it is written with a different constraint.

 

A scientific one, at that!

 

There is a hint in the poem as to what it is.

 

Anyone who can solve this riddle shall be awarded 10,000 Brainiac Points.

 

(I recall this because I wrote it after reading the Raven poem above. I talked to the author of that poem, and showed him this one, and he could not guess the constraint. He then went on to write his own poem with my constraint and put it on his site without referencing that it was my idea. Damn, there goes my one shot at fame!)

 

Enough of my bitching, here is the poem:

 

 

 

 

Hark! Hear lovely, bonny Beatrice:

"Claudio nastily o'erturned fair nuptials!

Now men avoid sea, prefer shore,

change, avoid kingdoms, celebrate sea!

Twice vice-versa!

Commend men for constancy? Never!"

 

"Claudio's zeal goes glancing awry," says Benedick, knowing rightly, spurning youthful, zestful nonny-nonny. "Marriage? T'will ruin rascals Pedro and Claudio!"

 

I sigh so! (This isn't xenophobia, Claudio) Blithe ladies, come, pursue newly predestinate scratched-faces. Ever gentlemen torment, deceive Hero, ever torment young Leonato's Hero.

 

"Too wise" replies our illustrious poet, "are hotheads to pursue betrothal peacefully."

 

And remember, fair reader, a tale periodic under non-ryhming planets, as conceived: Benedick can even find marriage now likable!

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My Math teacher in High School had a print out of PI (dot matrix) that wrapped all the way around the class room. I starred at that print out for 4 years and I can't remember to what decimal place it was... fing.gif

 

I went on to earn a Math degree later in life... Who knew?

 

 

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Damn and blast, that floppy is not here. I will have to scour the home office.

 

Yes, the anticipation out there is palpable. I can feel it.

 

Until then, I will leave you with this:

 

http://www.angio.net/pi/piquery

 

This site also you to find number sequences in pi.

 

For example, if your birthday is 11-28-68, you can find out just how many digits into pi you must go before 112868 shows up!

 

Handy! I use it all the time!

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The string 1001001 occurs at position 475,742 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.

 

The string and surrounding digits:

 

29387875975644766633 1001001 20853804913657780486

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The string 2112 occurs at position 3,821 counting from the first digit after the decimal point. The 3. is not counted.

 

The string and surrounding digits:

 

18093773444030707469 2112 01913020330380197621

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Binary representation of pi out to 2048 digits:

 

11.

 

00100100 00111111 01101010 10001000 10000101 10100011 00001000 11010011

00010011 00011001 10001010 00101110 00000011 01110000 01110011 01000100

10100100 00001001 00111000 00100010 00101001 10011111 00110001 11010000

00001000 00101110 11111010 10011000 11101100 01001110 01101100 10001001

 

01000101 00101000 00100001 11100110 00111000 11010000 00010011 01110111

10111110 01010100 01100110 11001111 00110100 11101001 00001100 01101100

11000000 10101100 00101001 10110111 11001001 01111100 01010000 11011101

00111111 10000100 11010101 10110101 10110101 01000111 00001001 00010111

 

10010010 00010110 11010101 11011001 10001001 01111001 11111011 00011011

11010001 00110001 00001011 10100110 10011000 11011111 10110101 10101100

00101111 11111101 01110010 11011011 11010000 00011010 11011111 10110111

10111000 11100001 10101111 11101101 01101010 00100110 01111110 10010110

 

10111010 01111100 10010000 01000101 11110001 00101100 01111111 10011001

00100100 10100001 10011001 01000111 10110011 10010001 01101100 11110111

00001000 00000001 11110010 11100010 10000101 10001110 11111100 00010110

01100011 01101001 00100000 11011000 01110001 01010111 01001110 01101001

 

10100100 01011000 11111110 10100011 11110100 10010011 00111101 01111110

00001101 10010101 01110100 10001111 01110010 10001110 10110110 01011000

01110001 10001011 11001101 01011000 10000010 00010101 01001010 11101110

01111011 01010100 10100100 00011101 11000010 01011010 01011001 10110101

 

10011100 00110000 11010101 00111001 00101010 11110010 01100000 00010011

11000101 11010001 10110000 00100011 00101000 01100000 10000101 11110000

11001010 01000001 01111001 00011000 10111000 11011011 00111000 11101111

10001110 01111001 11011100 10110000 01100000 00111010 00011000 00001110

 

01101100 10011110 00001110 10001011 10110000 00011110 10001010 00111110

11010111 00010101 01110111 11000001 10111101 00110001 01001011 00100111

01111000 10101111 00101111 11011010 01010101 01100000 01011100 01100000

11100110 01010101 00100101 11110011 10101010 01010101 10101011 10010100

 

01010111 01001000 10011000 01100010 01100011 11101000 00010100 01000000

01010101 11001010 00111001 01101010 00101010 10101011 00010000 10110110

10110100 11001100 01011100 00110100 00010001 01000001 11101000 11001110

10100001 01010100 10000110 10101111 01111100 01110010 11101001 10010011

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Another great mnemonic poem for pi:

 

 

Now I, even I, would celebrate

In rhymes inapt, the great

 

Immortal Syracusan, rivaled nevermore,

Who in his wondrous lore,

Passed on before,

Left men his guidance

How to circles mensurate.

 

by A. C. Orr

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Que j'aime a faire apprendre ce nombre utile aux sages

Immortel Archimede, artiste ingenieur,

Qui de ton jugement peut priser la valeur ?

Pour moi ton probleme eut de pareils avantages.

 

From: Emmanuel Billette, Didier Cherbonnel

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Soy PI, lema y razon ingeniosa

de hombre sabio, que serie preciosa

valorando, enuncio magistral.

Con mi ley singular, bien medido

el grande orbe por fin reducido

fue al sistema ordinario usual.

 

by Rafael Nieto Paris

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pi = 3.14 or the fraction for pi is 22 over 7. yes.gif

 

 

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44: The sunblock Farrah should have been using.

 

Really...see how her face is tight and stretched? My Ged but peeps thought suntanning was healthy in the 1970s...

 

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944

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QUOTE (Nunavuter @ May 12 2006, 09:02 PM)
44: The sunblock Farrah should have been using.

Really...see how her face is tight and stretched? My Ged but peeps thought suntanning was healthy in the 1970s...

3.1415926535 8979323846 2643383279 5028841971 6939937510 5820974944

she looks like she's thinking "hurry up and taking the fuggin picture already!"

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