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83,431 Recited Digits of Pi

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the lots-of-memory dept.

i_like_spam writes "59-year-old Akira Haraguchi of Japan recently broke the world record for the recited number of digits of Pi. Haraguchi-san recited an amazing 83,431 digits of Pi during a 13-hour overnight stretch. This almost doubles the previous record of 42,195 digits by fellow Japanese Hiroyuki Goto. Though it is not yet updated to reflect the new record, the Pi-World-Ranking-List has the rules for participation and breaks down the ranking by world, continent, and country. Links to world rankings for memorized digits of E and Sqrt(2) are also given."

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  1. Actually by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    She only recited 10, the other numbers were just dupes.

  2. (lame comment) by moz25 · · Score: 4, Funny

    A 59-year-old Japanese psychiatric counselor set a world record of sorts Sunday by reciting "pi," or the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, to 83,431 digits.

    Good, now she can counsel herself on having more exciting things to do than learning and reciting the digits of a number anyone of us can look up.

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  3. Good times. by Ceirren · · Score: 5, Funny

    When i think of hobbies, learning a sequence of 83,000 digits sounds like a good time.

  4. Re:No life by The+New+Andy · · Score: 5, Funny
    I'm sorry but what does this prove? When I need pi 3.1459 is enough for me...

    Some would say that 3.1459 is more than enough.

    (I tried to hold back - I really did)

  5. In other news by hsmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    The worlds longest list of virgins has been found

    1. Re:In other news by drsquare · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'm afraid that record has been broken.

  6. His wife must be proud! by Mr.+Maestro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait..er...the odds of him actually having a girlfriend are 83,431 to 1.

  7. i heard about this sort of thing by St.+Arbirix · · Score: 5, Funny

    bash.org #98
    i don't have hard drives. i just keep 30 chinese teenagers in my basement and force them to memorize numbers

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  8. Obligatory Simpsons... by DarkBlackFox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Lawyer: Mr. Nahasapeemapetilon, have you ever forgotten anything?

    Apu: No. In fact, I can recite pi to 50,000 places. The last digit is 1.

    Homer: Mmmm.... Pi.

  9. Re:People by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    I memorized i. People memorizing Pi and e are too irrational for my tastes.

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  10. Re:People by Ceirren · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pft you memorized i? Come back when you memorize a real number.

  11. Re:People by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I also memorized 1/3. However, the competition has been going on for 73 days now, and I'm not sure I can keep going much longer.

    What does it take to be number 1? Two is not a winner, and three no one remembers...

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  12. Re:Miscalculation? by ilikejam · · Score: 5, Funny

    So this guy recites 83,431 digits, and you can't type 5?

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  13. MP3 by Jozer99 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone have an MP3 of the event?