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On 14/03/2015 1:19 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2015-03-14 15:06, graham wrote:
>> On 14/03/2015 12:04 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 3/14/2015 12:11 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 09:27:23 -0400, Nancy Young wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> We just missed the only time in a hundred years
>>>>> where the date and time are pi.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3.14159
>>>>
>>>> 9:23am and 53 seconds (3.141592653) is the exact second of Pi. Still
>>>> time for Californians to do a shot in celebration of Pi-second.
>>>>
>>>> -sw
>>>>
>>>
>>> Someone went nuts on this.
>>> Happy PI second: 3/14/15 9:26:53
>>>
>>> Happy PI millisecond: 3/14/15 9:26:53.589
>>>
>>> Happy PI microsecond: 3/14/15 9:26:53.589793
>>>
>>> You can go further he
>>> http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~huberty/ma...pe/digits.html
>>> 3.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375 105820974944592307816406286
>>>
>>>
>>>

>> A math teacher in Ontario has memorised it to 10,000+ places.
>> Everyone needs a hobby!
>> Graham
>>

>
>
> The Guiness record is held by a Chinese man who has it down to 67,890
> places.... and I had to go back to check.


I think that they must have an autistic gene.
Graham

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