Happy Pi day everyone

[Kidder]

Originally Posted by The Goon

More importantly, it's Steak and BJ Day.

I think anybody celebrating Pi day, will not be celebrating Steak and BJ day.

And vice versa.

[Redliner]

I used to know a guy (bit of a different dude) who threw an annual Pi Day party. In order to attend, you had to memorize the first 14 digits of Pi. If you didn't know them, you were still allowed in the house but you had to stay in a certain room he had designated as "Pi-gatory" until you got it right. I actually went one year out of curiousity and it was amazing how many people were there - it was actually kind of fun.

[photon]

So I guess that raises the question of how many places of pi do you have memorized.

14 for me.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Kidder

I think anybody celebrating Pi day, will not be celebrating Steak and BJ day.

And vice versa.

Why not? Pi is the perfect dessert after a steak and bj..

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by photon

So I guess that raises the question of how many places of pi do you have memorized.

14 for me.

11.00100100001111

So thats 14 as well, (but I still win on the tiebreaker)

[CrusaderPi]

Thanks guys!

[Frequitude]

Originally Posted by photon

So I guess that raises the question of how many places of pi do you have memorized.

14 for me.

Hmmm, lets give this a whirl in white. Long time since that grade 6 competition.

3.14159265358..979...3...23...struggling.

edit: 17 it is. Photon, how do you only get to 14? 9793 is a good block for memorizing after the previous 4 numbers.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Is it really possible or necessary to have a memory contest for pi on the internet?

This is all I could remember off the top of my head without cheating.

Spoiler!

3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 10582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706 79821480865132823066470938446095505822317253594081 28481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381 96
44288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091 45648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273 72458700660631558817488152092096282925409171536436 7892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609

[Mrs. Rathji]

Originally Posted by Rathji

11.00100100001111

So thats 14 as well, (but I still win on the tiebreaker)

At least we know your tuition is going to good use.

[corporatejay]

Originally Posted by Redliner

I used to know a guy (bit of a different dude) who threw an annual Pi Day party. In order to attend, you had to memorize the first 14 digits of Pi. If you didn't know them, you were still allowed in the house but you had to stay in a certain room he had designated as "Pi-gatory" until you got it right. I actually went one year out of curiousity and it was amazing how many people were there - it was actually kind of fun.

Dale from UofC?

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by corporatejay

Dale from UofC?

Yep. I wonder if he is still doing them?

[McG]

i was going to wish you guys happy pi day...but i couldn't be sure to get it exactly correct.

but then i figured that i would just wish you a 22/7 day and hope that it was close enough.