Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Pi a la Mode

I had no idea, but Happy Pi Day:
March 14 is Pi Day. The event, though rarely observed outside math class, is so named because the U.S. date abbreviation of 3/14 resembles the first digits of the famed transcendental number.
And I love Kate Bush, and the song "Pi" is one of my favorite tracks from her long-awaited new album, but someone has too much time on their hands:
I got hold of the lyrics and checked them against an online version of Pi. All was well for the first 53 decimal places but then Kate sang "threeeeee oneeeee" when she should have sang "zeeeeeeerooo" instead. She recovered for the next 24 digits but then it went to hell in a handbasket when she missed out the next 22 digits completely before finishing with a precise rendition of her final 37 digits.

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