Great.... Pi - DPChallenge Forums

03/30/2003 08:16:31 PM · #2

Actually it's geometry. Pi is the ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.

Here is some info and links about pi.

Message edited by author 2003-03-31 02:20:56.

03/30/2003 08:24:33 PM · #3

I know it to 50 decimal places, if that helps :P.

Honestly, this is off the top of my head:

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510

If you find any mistakes, it's just proof that I didn't look it up :P.

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

03/30/2003 08:27:48 PM · #4

An interpretation of the challenge could be "Circles"

ChrisW123

Canon EOS-1000D Rebel XS

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED

03/30/2003 08:28:57 PM · #5

Originally posted by lisae:

If you find any mistakes, it's just proof that I didn't look it up :P.

How do we know you didn't add mistakes in on purpose to make it look like you didn't look it up? :D

Lisae, why do you remember this number to 50 places?!! Are you a math wizard, or do you just remember numbers very well?

Lustre

Nikon D7000

03/30/2003 08:35:11 PM · #6

You should investigate the symbol for Pi. It's quite an interesting shape - perhaps you can find something with the same shape and take a photo. Most people will recognise the symbol.

03/30/2003 08:38:21 PM · #7

Originally posted by ChrisW123:

Originally posted by lisae:
If you find any mistakes, it's just proof that I didn't look it up :P.

How do we know you didn't add mistakes in on purpose to make it look like you didn't look it up? :D

Lisae, why do you remember this number to 50 places?!! Are you a math wizard, or do you just remember numbers very well?

I have a Physics degree. But actually, one of my maths teachers in high school wrote it on the board to 25 places and asked us to memorise it. I did that, then looked at the next 25 on a poster that was on the wall and memorised those too. I didn't tell anyone though... I thought they'd probably call me names :P.

starblazer

Nikon Coolpix 4300

03/30/2003 08:54:47 PM · #8

I'm ashamed. I have a physics degree too and all I can remember is 3.14!

03/30/2003 09:12:20 PM · #9

starblazer - is your handle from that old 70s Japanese cartoon?!

jimmythefish

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

03/30/2003 09:28:47 PM · #10

Oh my god, thank you! I'd been trying to remember that cartoon's name forever! I watched it when I was a little kid, but I seemed to remember it as Star Raiders, and couldn't find anything about it on the 'net. I'd ask people if they remembered this cartoon with a big battleship that had a gun in the hull, and everyone would look at me like I'd gone mad...

Phew. Now I can rest easy...

03/30/2003 09:40:28 PM · #11

*Looks at jimmy like he's gone mad*.

It was the wave motion cannon, silly :P.

starblazer

Nikon Coolpix 4300

03/30/2003 09:50:00 PM · #12

Well, it's the same as that cartoon but I had never heard about that Japanese animation until someone asked me about it. I thought I was being creative when I came up with this nic on my own :P. It's a reflection of my passion for astronomy.

jimmythefish

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

03/30/2003 09:51:46 PM · #13

Gimme a break, I was 4...

Ricky Cleave

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II

03/30/2003 10:55:02 PM · #14

Pi is pronouced Pie, I wonder how many pee pictures we will get.

jjbeguin

Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital

03/30/2003 11:21:13 PM · #15

Originally posted by Ricky Cleave:

I wonder how many pee pictures we will get.

well! that would be quite a change...

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

03/31/2003 12:56:38 AM · #16

Originally posted by jjbeguin:

Originally posted by Ricky Cleave:
I wonder how many pee pictures we will get.

well! that would be quite a change...

No kidding!! I really hope we don't see many of those... LOL!!

magnetic9999

Canon EOS-20D

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

03/31/2003 03:41:27 AM · #17

it's because she's a 'pi-romaniac' ; )

Originally posted by ChrisW123:

Alecia

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

03/31/2003 03:56:45 AM · #18

Originally posted by magnetic9999:

it's because she's a 'pi-romaniac' ; )

....walks slowly away towards the nearest coffee pot.... :)

karmat

Apple iPhone 7

03/31/2003 04:01:44 AM · #19

Originally posted by Alecia:

Originally posted by magnetic9999:
it's because she's a 'pi-romaniac' ; )

....walks slowly away towards the nearest coffee pot.... :)

Gekker

Fujifilm FinePix S602Z

03/31/2003 04:22:21 AM · #20

I have a book called "The History of Pi". This doesn't mean I can come up with any ideas or anything, but hoping it will help. OH, and on the nerd scale, I bought this book to read for pleasure.:) Well, gotta go crack that book!

3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803482534211 and on and on and on....
*edited for ultimate nerd factor

Message edited by author 2003-03-31 09:26:30.

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

03/31/2003 04:42:12 AM · #21

All photos of blueberry pies will get 10s from me!

(Kidding)

For those who think I've finally lost it, I should explain that my nickname on DPC Chat Room has evolved from Kavey (my Real World nick name) to KV*BlueberryPie!

:)

Oh and here:

PIE!!!!!!!!!

I've sent that damn link around the world and back! :)

Oh and I am an Artsy French student (though I do work in IT now) and I remember pi as 3.142 (rounded). Why I remember it at all is beyond me when I can't remember my own mobile phone number (yes really) as I don't think knowing pi is ever going to come in useful in my life ...

Konador

Canon EOS-500D Rebel T1i

Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon

03/31/2003 05:01:59 AM · #22

KV, I submitted the suggestion in honour of your name :P

Kavey

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

03/31/2003 05:05:47 AM · #23

:D

Did you bring Blueberry Pie?

Alecia