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Pi
Reading TVR is King's thread, his signature inspired me to make a thread about pi. Why not?
Currently, I think the maximum number of digits pi has been calculated to is 1.24 trillion. Why? Well I don't know why! There is no perfect circle in nature, and we will never need to make something so perfect as to need 1.24 trillion digits. It is however a good measure of current computing power.
Me, I remeber 3.14, or the button on my calculator.
The record for reciting pi is 83,431 digits by a 59-year-old Japanese psychiatric counselor. it took 13 hours.
And for a bit of fun, solve this :D
Move 1 match stike to approximate the equation.
[IMG]http://www.joyofpi.com/images/pimatches.gif[/IMG]
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As far as I can remember is 3.141592654
[b]Edit:[/b] Oh sweet, I just figured out what that puzzle is saying :) Although it's not too precise...
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phi is more sexy than pi
1.618033988749894848204586baby
and so on, also infinitely
*SPOILER BELOW!*
edit: the match representing one in the denominator must move to where the two matches are, before the 'equals' sign, so it read 3= 22/7, which is (very approx) pi
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[quote=aiasib]phi is more sexy than pi
1.618033988749894848204586baby
and so on, also infinitely
*SPOILER BELOW!*
edit: the match representing one in the denominator must move to where the two matches are, before the 'equals' sign, so it read 3= 22/7, which is (very approx) pi[/quote]
Close, but no
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Yeah I also figured out the puzzle, but that's not how somebody would write that in Roman numbers.
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Hes wrong?
:S
It was a matter of time before I found this.
Did you know that Pi to 48 decimal places is sufficiently accurate to inscribe a circle around the entire visible universe without accuracy deviating by more than the length accross a single atom?
I reached 201, then took a break. I am still on that break many weeks later. And I figured out...I made a mistake.
62860899 is actuall 628620899.
I got incredibly disheartened...and rather depressed after reading this.
I need a Pi avatar. Imagine one just like the one I have, but with 3.1415926......etc.
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Move the last matchstick on the bottom row over the top of the first 2 matchsticks.
This turns the first 2 matchsticks into the Pi symbol, giving the equation Pi = 22/7.
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Oh fair enough...I thought about putting it over the equals so it says that two equals approximately 22/7...but thats really innacurate.
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You blokes have far,far too much time on your hands....:rolleyes:
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[QUOTE=caz_375]Move the last matchstick on the bottom row over the top of the first 2 matchsticks.
This turns the first 2 matchsticks into the Pi symbol, giving the equation Pi = 22/7.[/QUOTE]
I concur
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[QUOTE=blackhonda]You blokes have far,far too much time on your hands....:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
it cost me just ten seconds to solve the puzzle..
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Well la-dee-da mr smart man.
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[quote=aiasib]phi is more sexy than pi
1.618033988749894848204586baby
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Do you mean the thing we call [SIZE=1]e ?[/SIZE]
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Isn't e = 2.7.... etc etc...?