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December 08, 2002
Researchers at the Information Technology Center of Tokyo University have calculated the value of pi to 1.24 trillion places. And we're know they got it right because ... ? Posted
by D. Weinberger at December 8, 2002 11:23 AM
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Come on, David, you’ve worked as a teacher. You know that “we know they got it right because they look serious and honest and who on earth wants to check their answer?”
Posted by: AKMA | December 8, 2002 03:52 PM
...because it's deep-math-magic and they can proove it's correct. Irritating ain't it? :-)
Posted by: Már Örlygsson | December 10, 2002 06:45 AM
They have NO free time to calculate Pi to that many spaces. If the cpu did, how do we know the cpu got it right? Or if they programed it right?
Yea it might have been their intent to get the correct answwer, but how do we know it is right? go check it!
Posted by: Big Daddy Math | December 11, 2002 05:32 PM
who really cares they are just a bunch of geeks who think they know it all and have all the time in the world to do that
Posted by: jamal jackson | December 11, 2002 05:36 PM
Math Sux
Posted by: No name provided | December 11, 2002 05:39 PM
Now now, Jamal, if it weren't for geeks who think they know it all and had all the time in the world, we wouldn't have had the Internet.
:)
Posted by: David Weinberger | December 11, 2002 06:40 PM