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Pi Day and an Interview With a Pi Researcher

Posted by timothy on from the much-depends-on-your-date-format dept.

JoshuaInNippon writes "In honor of Pi Day, March 14 (or 3.14 for those who may need a hint), readers may be interested in reading an interview with Professor Daisuke Takahashi, the Japanese researcher who found 2.5 trillion digits of Pi back in August, before being apparently being edged out in December by a French computer programmer looking to prove his efficient coding abilities. Professor Takahashi's interview gives some unique insight into one man who truly marvels at the number that has driven people to ever greater lengths to find more digits for centuries." Plant Kingdom adds "There have been a number of proposals for alternatives to March 14 (see the Wikipedia page for Pi Day). Here's mine: when the Earth has gone through 1/pi-th of its orbit, as measured from Winter Solstice to Winter Solstice. I've put together a web site to make the case."

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  1. Don't forget. by myocardialinfarction · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't forget it's also mother's day. And nobody makes better pi than mom. /duck

  2. US-centricity by garyok · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the UK, we have to wait until the 31st April to have pi day. We'll be waiting a while...

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    One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors - Plato
    1. Re:US-centricity by mrsurb · · Score: 4, Funny
      Don't forget to localise for differing values of pi:

      #ifdef INDIANA
      #define PI_VALUE 3
      #endif

  3. Re:Did he find a message? by pcolaman · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the fuck is a monkey?