"Alexander Yee and Shigeru Kondo, respectively a computer scientist in the US and a systems engineer in Japan, fought hard-drive failures and narrowly missed widespread technical disruptions due to the Japan earthquake..."
Good work, lads
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Good work, lads
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It would be funny if it were to suddenly end at the n'th decimal place, or finish with 3 recurring, whatever. -
If that happened the universe would end and Satan would possess us all.bloggoth
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Interesting trivia:
The number 2π (sometimes referred to by the greek letter τ (tau)) has a corresponding sequence of seven consecutive 9s beginning at position 761.
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It would be very funny indeed.Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
Proof that pi is irrationalWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Great now you can calculate that area with super precision! err what's the point.Comment
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Yeah, the reality is boring. It's not know whether the digits are randomly distributed though. It would be funny if they weren't. Not anywhere near as funny as just ending suddenly, admittedly.Originally posted by doodab View PostComment
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That's the little dot after the 3.Originally posted by russell View PostWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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I once wrote a program to write programs that would try to find programs that would solve simple problems. Didn't find an algorithm for PI, but things such as greatest common divisors popped out pretty quickly.Comment
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