Pi Recited to 100,000 Digits

Pi Recited to 100,000 Digits 335

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:31PM from the three-point-one-what dept.

DiAmOnDirc writes "Akira Haraguchi, 60, needed more than 16 hours to recite the number to 100,000 decimal places, breaking his personal best of 83,431 digits set in 1995, his office said Wednesday. He made the attempt at a public hall in Kisarazu, just east of Tokyo. Haraguchi, a psychiatric counselor and business consultant in nearby Mobara city, took a break of about 5 minutes every one to two hours, going to the rest room and eating rice balls during the attempt, said Naoki Fujii, spokesman of Haraguchi's office. Fujii said all of Haraguchi's activities during the attempt, including his bathroom breaks, were videotaped for evidence that will later be sent for verification by the Guinness Book of Records."

Pi Recited to 100,000 Digits

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The name for that kind of chanting (Score:5, Funny)

by Beryllium Sphere(tm) ( 193358 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:35PM (#16330595) Journal

is "Transcendental Meditation".

Pi is like so last year (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:36PM (#16330601)

Memorizing the digits of e is cool.

I know pi to 100K places (Score:5, Funny)

by sulli ( 195030 ) * writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:36PM (#16330607) Journal

Ain't got no grills, but I still wear braces ...
Weird Al's got nothing on this dude.

Re:White and Nerdy... (Score:5, Funny)

by coso ( 559844 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:37PM (#16330617)

All that work and he could have just asked Weird Al.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw [youtube.com]

This is coming out as a DVD box set (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:41PM (#16330663)

With english/french/spanish 5.1 and DTS and will be released when Mr. Haraguchi finishes the commentary track.

Rice (Score:5, Funny)

by miskatonic alumnus ( 668722 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:42PM (#16330679)

... going to the rest room and eating rice balls during the attempt

I wonder how many digits of pi can be squeezed onto a piece of rice.

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

by MobileTatsu-NJG ( 946591 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @08:48PM (#16330725)

"I'm guessing there's no girlfriend, either, but the only evidence I have supporting this is that, well, this guy memorized 100,000 digits of Pi. C'mon..."

Yeah... I just love the guy posting on Slashdot about his assumption of some other guy not having a gf because of how he spends his time.

Re:Good Manners (Score:5, Funny)

by commodoresloat ( 172735 ) * writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:00PM (#16330839)

Actually, when he wasn't eating rice balls, his mouth was full of pi.

OK, OK, I'm leaving, no need to shove....

100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:5, Funny)

by Nahor ( 41537 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:08PM (#16330945)

...I'm currently at 1,135,972 digits for 1/3. Also, I already finished reciting all the digits for 1/2.

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

by Plutonite ( 999141 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:22PM (#16331107)

Pointless. CowboyNeal will obviously win.

A public performance? (Score:5, Funny)

by Toxicgonzo ( 904975 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:31PM (#16331187)

He made the attempt at a public hall in Kisarazu

Did people actually go to watch this guy? What did they say to each other when he finished?

"Hey, remember the part when he was all like 3, 5, 1, 7, 4, 4, 2, 5, 6, 6, 2, 1, 0, 4, 5, 7? That was wicked sick"
"Yea, yea, and then he followed it up with a 4, 2, 4, 7, 3, 1, 1, 5, 2, 2, 5, 9, 0, 2, 3 and I was like ROCK ON Akira, ROCK ON"

Re:Easy way to remember pi to 8 decimal places (Score:3, Funny)

by Watson Ladd ( 955755 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:35PM (#16331209)

How I wish I could enumerate pi easily, since all these fucking mnemonics prevent recalling any of pi's sequence more simply!

Hrm, e. (Score:3, Funny)

by eingram ( 633624 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:37PM (#16331227)

And I thought I was cool for reciting e to 50 decimal places in calculus class last year. ownt ;\

Re:Videotaped? (Score:5, Funny)

by Da3vid ( 926771 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @09:58PM (#16331443)

Maybe he'll get the world record for most video recorded bathroom breaks in a row by a 60 year old man. When was the last time anyone checked out the Guiness Book of World Records? Those are the types of records they're looking for.

Re:100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:5, Funny)

by TubeSteak ( 669689 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @10:13PM (#16331605) Journal

Also, I already finished reciting all the digits for 1/2.
1/2 huh?
Good luck with 3/4.
It's twice as long!

Do you know... (Score:3, Funny)

by SirBruce ( 679714 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @10:22PM (#16331675) Homepage

Do you know the history of psychiatry?

Bruce

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

by rjstanford ( 69735 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @10:24PM (#16331691) Homepage Journal

Um, he's in his 50s, he's married, and his wife was there when he was reciting it.

So, you're saying that he probably does have a girlfriend?

Better than e! (Score:5, Funny)

by NotQuiteReal ( 608241 ) writes: on Thursday October 05, 2006 @11:37PM (#16332233) Journal

i can recite the value for SQRT(-1)!

Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)

by pookemon ( 909195 ) writes: on Friday October 06, 2006 @12:08AM (#16332459) Homepage

Mmmm pi...

Re:to paraphrase a great mind... (Score:3, Funny)

by nacturation ( 646836 ) writes: <nacturation AT gmail DOT com> on Friday October 06, 2006 @02:44AM (#16333323) Journal

And to paraphrase the bible, "3 ought to be enough pi for anyone".

Re:White and Nerdy... (Score:3, Funny)

by Propaganda13 ( 312548 ) writes: on Friday October 06, 2006 @03:01AM (#16333415)

Choice: Watching a 16 hour video of a guy reciting Pi or turning in my geek status.

Answer: Guess I'm no longer a geek

Re:Details (Score:3, Funny)

by david_g17 ( 976842 ) writes: on Friday October 06, 2006 @08:58AM (#16335147)

You try remembering 100k digits when you get to his age.

You try remembering 1k digits right now.
no problem. i have the first 100K digits memorized already... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7...

Re:100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Friday October 06, 2006 @09:10AM (#16335265)

I think he should recite PI backwards from the final digit. That would be a real feat!

Re:Forget it's pi....(phbbbt) (Score:3, Funny)

by gosand ( 234100 ) writes: on Friday October 06, 2006 @11:06AM (#16336685)

...I can't imagine memorizing 100,000 ANYTHING.

I can recite whole numbers from 0 to 100,000. Maybe more. Does that impress you? :)

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The name for that kind of chanting (Score:5, Funny)

Pi is like so last year (Score:5, Funny)

I know pi to 100K places (Score:5, Funny)

Re:White and Nerdy... (Score:5, Funny)

This is coming out as a DVD box set (Score:2, Funny)

Rice (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Good Manners (Score:5, Funny)

100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

A public performance? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Easy way to remember pi to 8 decimal places (Score:3, Funny)

Hrm, e. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Videotaped? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:5, Funny)

Do you know... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Details (Score:5, Funny)

Better than e! (Score:5, Funny)

Obligatory (Score:2, Funny)

Re:to paraphrase a great mind... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:White and Nerdy... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Details (Score:3, Funny)

Re:100,000 digits is nothing... (Score:1, Funny)

Re:Forget it's pi....(phbbbt) (Score:3, Funny)

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