Pi

**The Machine** · 12-08-2002, 11:59 PM

lol. these guys need to get a life.

**hybrid** · 12-08-2002, 11:59 PM

ever see the indi film of the same name?

**quiet** · 12-09-2002, 12:00 AM

Originally posted by hybrid
ever see the indi film of the same name?

yes. exellent film.

**Undutchable** · 12-09-2002, 12:02 AM

Originally posted by quiet

yes. exellent film.

I agree, what a mindfuck that flick is... Good though

**hybrid** · 12-09-2002, 12:03 AM

I saw it along time ago, but i do remember it being an excellent portrayal of indulgance and obsession.

**SleazyDream** · 12-09-2002, 12:07 AM

mmmm, pie

**Hot Tropical Babes** · 12-09-2002, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by SleazyDream
mmmm, pie

pumpkin sounds so good right now,, with a little dab of cool whip

**UnseenWorld** · 12-09-2002, 12:18 AM

Originally posted by hybrid
I saw it along time ago, but i do remember it being an excellent portrayal of indulgance and obsession.

Multiple syllables on GFY? Are you high?!!!

**Dirty F** · 12-09-2002, 12:33 AM

Originally posted by hybrid
ever see the indi film of the same name?

Awesome movie!

**extreme** · 12-09-2002, 01:00 AM

pretty leet soundtrack too.. drum n base etc.

**tanco521** · 12-09-2002, 02:08 AM

Originally posted by quiet
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/98912_pi07.shtml

1.24 trillion places. damn.

That guy is fucking retarded...what could the point of that possibly be? I'm glad things like this are more important than cancer and aids.

**bhutocracy** · 12-09-2002, 03:50 AM

Originally posted by hybrid
ever see the indi film of the same name?

very, very good.

**lagwagon** · 12-09-2002, 04:08 AM

well speaking of Pi and the movie.

Darren Aronofsky also directed "Requiem for a Dream" a very sweet flick.

check it out if you have not yet.

**tornell** · 12-09-2002, 04:19 AM

**Beastiepoo** · 12-09-2002, 04:20 AM

Originally posted by SleazyDream
mmmm, pie

I've not got pie but I've got chocolate chip cookies in the oven...

**KRL** · 12-09-2002, 06:49 AM

Hmmm, how could you ever even read a 1.2 trillian place number within your lifetime? The things that turn folks on are amazing. I'll stick to apple pie. Much easier to deal with LOL.

**thatdykeliz** · 12-09-2002, 06:52 AM

Originally posted by SleazyDream
mmmm, pie

Aggie joke punchline: "Pi ain't square, boy! Pi are round -- cornbread is square!"

Thank you, hope you enjoyed it, I'll be here all week.

**TheFLY** · 12-09-2002, 06:57 AM

Proof of the infinite chaos of circular perfection.

**Wenchy** · 12-09-2002, 07:09 AM

I dunno... call me a geek, but I think it's kinda cool. As someone with a background in way too much calculus and physics, I'm fascinated by the randomness of the numbers. And it really does say a lot about the computational abilities of supercomputers that this guy managed to get 1.24 trillion places.

**Phoenix** · 12-09-2002, 07:41 AM

Originally posted by hybrid
ever see the indi film of the same name?

yeah i saw it...it wasn't bad...funny how he only found relief after labotomizing himself...

**<IMX>** · 12-09-2002, 07:46 AM

mmmm, pie

http://www.weebl.jolt.co.uk/pie.htm

**Jak** · 12-09-2002, 07:55 AM

Originally posted by tanco521

That guy is fucking retarded...what could the point of that possibly be? I'm glad things like this are more important than cancer and aids.

I always get a kick out of it when people say things like this. Our society seems to have such an ignorance of what science is that it's disturbing. To say that a mathematical scientist would have better spent time working on a cure for cancer than on mathematical\computing pursuits is exactly the same as me saying "I'm glad porn is more important to you than world hunger".

You ask, "what could the point of that possibly be?" Advances in computing means more power to all forms of research that uses technology. Cancer and AIDS research falls right in there with that group (heavily even), and the better their technological capabilities, the more work can be done in those fields.

Sorry I don't mean to jump on you, but science is worth more thought than what we generally give it. Don't try so hard to diminish it if you don't truly understand it.

Jak

**fnet** · 12-10-2002, 08:58 PM

Originally posted by Jak

You ask, "what could the point of that possibly be?" Advances in computing means more power to all forms of research that uses technology. Cancer and AIDS research falls right in there with that group (heavily even), and the better their technological capabilities, the more work can be done in those fields.

Sorry I don't mean to jump on you, but science is worth more thought than what we generally give it. Don't try so hard to diminish it if you don't truly understand it.

Jak

I would even go so far as to say that not only is pushing the limits of computer power critical to science, but that it is quite particularly important to genetics research, the field which has fostered the recent discoveries about RNAi that may allow us to overwrite corrupt/overreplicating or viral dna, which is exactly what you're bitching about. Furthermore, the behavior of dna in the process of evolution fits a chaos pattern, as seen in pi- an series of possible values whose only discernable pattern is that they never appear to attain a repeat pattern. The pursuit of pi is the pursuit of the infinitude of recombinatory possibilities of natural chaos. It's intuitive to say that there exists an infinite set of possible sentences. It's quite another thing to find an instance of it in nature, or to build a machine that can comprehend every sentence ever spoken via the development of life on earth.

Just look at a zooming fractal. Zooooooooooooooooom, down you go, but it just keeps spawning new shit. Wow.

**Pornwolf** · 12-10-2002, 09:16 PM

Rain Man would have figured it out without a computer.

Pi. Yes Pi. Yes. Pi. I like Pi. Pi. Yes. 3.14...

**jimmy3way** · 12-10-2002, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by lagwagon
well speaking of Pi and the movie.

Darren Aronofsky also directed "Requiem for a Dream" a very sweet flick.

check it out if you have not yet.

I loved that movie...when I saw it in the theatre people were actually getting up and leaving they were so freaked out.

**Fletch XXX** · 12-10-2002, 09:28 PM

**chodadog** · 12-10-2002, 10:46 PM

Originally posted by tanco521

That guy is fucking retarded...what could the point of that possibly be? I'm glad things like this are more important than cancer and aids.

You daft motherfucker.

Pi

Pi

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