Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Subtract, Add, Divide, Repeat. Eventually Print.

I'd forgotten that that the PRINT button shows up in the movie Pi.

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5 comments:

  1. Neil Gunther29 April, 2010 10:21

    I saw Print, but not Pi. ???

    3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781\
    6406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231\
    7253594081284811174502841027019385211055596446229489549303819644288109\
    7566593344612847564823378678316527120190914564856692346034861045432664\
    8213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364\
    3678925903600113305305488204665213841469519415116094330572703657595919\
    5309218611738193261179310511854807446237996274956735188575272489122793\
    8183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702\
    7705392171762931767523846748184676694051320005681271452635608277857713\
    4275778960917363717872146844090122495343014654958537105079227968925892\
    3542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998\
    3729780499510597317328160963185950244594553469083026425223082533446850\
    3526193118817101000313783875288658753320838142061717766914730359825349\
    0428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927\
    876611195909216420199

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  2. Nathan Moroney29 April, 2010 11:29

    Yes there is no π in the π video clip - but there is great urgency to printing a specific 216 digit sequence. Tangible bits as plot element in a number-theory-gothic movie.

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  3. Neil Gunther29 April, 2010 11:36

    If there is no π (the number, not the letter), why Pi in the title?

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  4. Nathan Moroney29 April, 2010 18:19

    Unfortunately checking the wikipedia plot summary for Pi(film) won't answer your question... and I'm not about to spoil the mathematical suspense. Or reveal the 54 characters that inspired the quest for π(film) clips.

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  5. Neil Gunther29 April, 2010 18:32

    BTW, is that APL (the Indonesian of programming languages)?

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