Comments on: The Craziest Thing You’ll Ever Learn About Pi

By: Name

Name — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:58:06 +0000

DOESNT MAKE SENSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!):

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:51:52 +0000

I like the fact that the next rational approximation for pi beyond 22/7 is 355/113 … 11 33 55

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 07:51:52 +0000

I like the fact that the next rational approximation for pi beyond 22/7 is 355/113 … 11 33 55

By: Markov

Markov — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:36:42 +0000

You may only need 39 digits to get such accuracy, but error propogation in many numerical algorithms often take 39 digits of accuracy, and output 0 digits of accuracy.

By: Markov

Markov — Fri, 01 May 2009 06:36:42 +0000

You may only need 39 digits to get such accuracy, but error propogation in many numerical algorithms often take 39 digits of accuracy, and output 0 digits of accuracy.

By: wm1

wm1 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:05:32 +0000

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By: Rule Britannia

Rule Britannia — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:44:26 +0000

Pi Day is not the 14th of March, it's the 31st of April. The next great year for Pi is 2015 (31/4/15). Then 2159. Best year so far was 1592. You see the pattern?

PS. Americans use a silly date system. Discuss.

By: Daniel Miessler

Daniel Miessler — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 06:34:00 +0000

I can't tell if you're joking or not. This exact question (and the answer) was given in the post. One of us is missing something.

By: BlackSheWolf

BlackSheWolf — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:55:20 +0000

Well, obviously yo guys know alot… how about this? How many digits of pi would need to calculate the circumference of the known universe to a precision the radius of an atom?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:19:55 +0000

Actually there is a heck of a lot less holes in the creation theory than any other theory out there. Another thing is that people like Darwin went out to prove a theory with the preconcieved notion that God does not exist. By the way, no God does not play dice :)

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:57:06 +0000

Sure pi has lots of other uses, but the point of the article is that we dont need pi to 100 places in everyday maths. 22/7 is good enough, and easy to remember. As for the universe bit, if you had a circle the size of the universe, then 39 places would be accurate.

By: Scotty

Scotty — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:47:59 +0000

2^2^sin(.135)+1 = 3.1402525241635

more accurate than pi or 22/7

By: AshMashMash

AshMashMash — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:29:23 +0000

Oh darn. So learning it to 300dp’s wasn’t sensible?

By: Thomas Stromberg

Thomas Stromberg — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:36:22 +0000

One of my favorite interview questions is: Can you tell me what number π is, in as many digits as you recall? Over the ~50 interviews I have asked it, there seems to be a distinct correlation between this answer and how well they do overall during the interview. 3.14159 appears to be the magic answer here. Someone who only knows 3.14 doesn't have a good enough memory for this job, and someone who knows more digits (especially 12+) tends to do poorly in problem-solving scenario questions. Interesting quirk, nonetheless.

BTW, you can use the HTML entity for pi with a large font size instead of a graphic. Just use & pi;

By: arthur doohan

arthur doohan — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 10:42:18 +0000

All are wrong on the Interwebs.....

The purpose of hyper accurate calc's of the numeric value of Pi is to investigate/check whether Pi is truly a 'transcendental' number.

By: Pi Accuracy at tumble*jalada

Pi Accuracy at tumble*jalada — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:27:55 +0000

[...] Apparently, dividing 22 by 7 is enough. [...]

By: Pastafaria

Pastafaria — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:38:52 +0000

Of course God plays dice.

Bitch still owes me $10.

By: asdf

asdf — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:09:36 +0000

Remind me to shoot you for that doesn't play dice comment.

Seriously, no.

By: murky

murky — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:03:44 +0000

it seems the usa is the only country (i know of) that uses the illogical date system; month-day-year

the rest of the world, including einstein's country of birth uses the easier to understand system; day-month-year, so einstein's abbreviated birthdate is 14.3

however mathemeticians have proposed a more logical dating system going from long to progressivly shorter units of time; year-month-day-hour-minute-second...etc

By: Bill in Detroit

Bill in Detroit — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:40:44 +0000

My understanding of the reason for calculating pi out to such absurd lengths is to determine whether or not it ever repeats itself. (like 1/3 does) So far, no dice … but who knows what the next trillion digits may show?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:59:20 +0000

OBAMA WINS!

By: aL

aL — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:01:20 +0000

Robert Jones is right,Einstein didn’t believe in god. He was religious but not the way everyone else is, he never believed in a higher being you dumb fucks! Don’t only read a fucking book, but try to understand what you are reading you retarded assfucks.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:29:30 +0000

Gods don’t exist.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:59:03 +0000

You’re all pricks.

By: Daniel Miessler

Daniel Miessler — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:05:53 +0000

J, I’m an atheist and I know he was too. It was a joke.