I have pi memorized to 8 digits, the accuracy of computers in my day. My nephew who is a math and chess wiz has it memorized to 80 digits.
8 digits is more than enough for everyday applications. It is difficult to measure, much less cut to that precision.
The Apollo missions made it to the moon on slide rules (well some of it) which, to someone with really good eyesight might eek out 4 place precision, depending on which end of the scale you are on and how big the slide rule is.
Someone from NASA told me that the most they ever use is 16 digits of precision. The comic is correct as far as it shows, btw. (OK, I once had it memorized to 111 digits.)
pschearer Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Happy Pi(e) Day!!
Little Caesar almost 5 years ago
“Pie are round, cornbread are square.”
mddshubby2005 almost 5 years ago
Happy Half-Tau Day!
stillfickled Premium Member almost 5 years ago
He’ll be there typing for the rest of his life.
serithinflight almost 5 years ago
happy PI day
KenseidenXL almost 5 years ago
That’ll take forever….
WilliamRichmond almost 5 years ago
Not going anywhere for awhile?
jpayne4040 almost 5 years ago
Man, I hope it’s important; whatever it is.
HankVanderWaal almost 5 years ago
will need a bigger box
A Common 'tator almost 5 years ago
What a coincidence… On my list of “My Comics” Off the mark follows Reality check and they both feature Pi…
P51Strega almost 5 years ago
Employee self assessment, 1. What value do you bring to the company?
J Quest almost 5 years ago
Life of Pi…
mpolo11 Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Very clever!
dflak almost 5 years ago
I have pi memorized to 8 digits, the accuracy of computers in my day. My nephew who is a math and chess wiz has it memorized to 80 digits.
8 digits is more than enough for everyday applications. It is difficult to measure, much less cut to that precision.
The Apollo missions made it to the moon on slide rules (well some of it) which, to someone with really good eyesight might eek out 4 place precision, depending on which end of the scale you are on and how big the slide rule is.
Yes, I still know how to use Napier’s Bones.
33Angel almost 5 years ago
OH! SO super clever today!!! Loved this one, Mark. Thank you for the laugh.
KEA almost 5 years ago
π
KEA almost 5 years ago
π… which is to say, there’s no way to give a complete decimal representation.
stamps almost 5 years ago
You only need 40 digits to have an accuracy less than the diameter of a hydrogen atom when calculating the circumference of the universe.
Zapbessacarr almost 5 years ago
Just type in PI.
zeexenon almost 5 years ago
Multiply by infinity and you have a great prime number for a cypher key.
Rogers George Premium Member almost 5 years ago
Someone from NASA told me that the most they ever use is 16 digits of precision. The comic is correct as far as it shows, btw. (OK, I once had it memorized to 111 digits.)
megerkey almost 5 years ago
How do you prove that you aren’t a robot with that name? LOL
Emmett Wayne almost 5 years ago
‘PI’ R squared, but 2 ‘PI’ R delicious.
sobrown51 almost 5 years ago
Philosophical question: Is his name a word (pi) or a number (3.14 etc)?
Lightpainter almost 5 years ago
I want to see him fill out a government form.
Skeptical Meg almost 5 years ago
3.1415926
Oddly, if you convert the letters in PIDAY to numbers (P=16, I=9, etc) the digits are the first decimal digits in pi.
cuzinron47 almost 5 years ago
I’d say you have legal recourse for a name change.
kenneth.sanger almost 5 years ago
This whole comic is irrational……
CharlesBrickner1 almost 5 years ago
That’s a mighty strange keyboard.
bobpeters61 almost 5 years ago
That should keep the alien monster in the computer busy for a while.
FrostbiteFalls over 2 years ago
I’m looking at this while listening to a song by Jean-Luc Ponty titled “Infinite Pursuit.” Appropriate, no?