Man recites 100,000 digits of Pi

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=4464

Just another day at the office

 

[supersunbird]

Man, just reading about it makes me sleepy...

 

[Syndyre]

Too much free time!

 

[ajax]

When I was at school I used to memorise square roots up to the 10th digit of my calculator for numbers from 2 to 20.

I guess I shouldn't complain about the fact that I never seemed to be able to get a girlfriend at school

 

[rpm]

When I was at school I used to memorise square roots up to the 10th digit of my calculator for numbers from 2 to 20.

I guess I shouldn't complain about the fact that I never seemed to be able to get a girlfriend at school

A small price to pay for confidently being able to recite the square root of 2

 

[jontyB]

Why?

 

[AntiThesis]

Man I'm so glad I chose the girlfriend route instead

 

[chiskop]

It is usually written out to a maximum of three decimal places, as 3.142, in math textbooks, so the reason for memorizing it to 100,000 digits is beyond us.

uncyclopedia

 

[stoke]

Me bows to the fantastic achievement.
Now where did I put my cricket ball ?

 

[Person]

My Question is... what the hell for ?

 

[AntiThesis]

Still alive? Wonders never cease.

I suppose he decided he wanted to be known for something. Also I suppose the skills associated could come in handy for various mathematical pursuits.

 

[Jongi]

Quite the party trick that