1337% of Pi is 42.

[Biffy Cakeo]

Wow, were all very picky that it's not exactly 42. It's close enough. It's an interesting thing. We now move on.

 

[superbatranger]

It's a pretty cool coincidence, but that's all I see it as, a coincidence. So no, my mind was not blown. It was only impressed to a certain extent.

 

[Tarmon'gaidin]

Well that's kind of a lie isn't it. Because (and yes I know it has been said before) 1337% PI isn't actually 42, it's 42.0030938. And that's just with the current PI we have no clue what it will be in 5 years.

 

[esperandote]

3.1415926535897932384626433832795*13.37=42.003093778495535598245542034447

you got impressed for a minute.

well since 13.37 only have 2 sig figs it is actually 42.00
there you go

Was someone talking 'bout cults ?? I'm in and i call ... well, something important , like prophet!

Except that product of two decimal numbers gives as result a decimal number in wich the number of decimal digits equals the sum of the decimal numbers of the factors, not equal to the one that has less. Unless they are zeros and you take them out.

While we are at it why not round it to 40.

 

[mechanixis]

Err... wow?
Am I the only one here who doesn't care? And, it's been said but, where's the discussion value?

Oh dang everyone, looks like Cpt_Oblivious is cooler than all of us

Let's just go and delete this thread

 

[Burningsok]

Wow... mind has definitely been blown.

 

[interspark]

Also, something similar. 42 days = 10! seconds. But that's not quite as amazing. Although it is exactly 42.

please tell me thats a typo, in no possible way could 10 seconds make up 42 days

That's why there's an exclamation mark after the ten. When you see 10! in math, it means 10 factorial, which means 10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1. Obviously you haven't covered that yet in your math classes.

wow! that is a coincidence! maybe 42 really IS the meaning of life, the universe and.. well, EVERYTHING! and no, ive never heard of that before, but dont give me "yet" i just finished college! it cant be something everyone is taught (either that or its an A level thing)

 

[TheLefty]

Am I the only one who doesn't get it?

1337 is a popular term which is "leet" or "elite" in hacker's terms, but it was adopted by gamers. Pi is... well, Pi. If you don't know what it is, Google it. 42 is from The Hitch hiker's guide to the galaxy and is the meaning of life, according to that.

Welll I got the 1337 part, and the Pi part I just didn't understand the part about 42

 

[DarthFennec]

Also, something similar. 42 days = 10! seconds. But that's not quite as amazing. Although it is exactly 42.

please tell me thats a typo, in no possible way could 10 seconds make up 42 days

That's why there's an exclamation mark after the ten. When you see 10! in math, it means 10 factorial, which means 10 * 9 * 8 * 7 * 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1. Obviously you haven't covered that yet in your math classes.

wow! that is a coincidence! maybe 42 really IS the meaning of life, the universe and.. well, EVERYTHING! and no, ive never heard of that before, but dont give me "yet" i just finished college! it cant be something everyone is taught (either that or its an A level thing)

Well I don't know then. I learned it in 11th grade so maybe you did learn it and you forgot by now. It's not really a very useful concept, unless you're doing probability, so that would make sense.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

1337 came from hackers, not gamers.

Yes, but gamers started using it and hackers said, "Fuck this shit." Some still use it, but it's nowhere near as popular among hackers, mainly because of how god damn popular it is with everyone else.

As far as I've been aware "1337" was an insult to wannabe hackers by pro-hackers or "elite" hackers. As also being a "script-kiddie" or some misspelled variation thereof. *shrug* Things catch on I guess like "noob" from UO now applies to all games where players suck.

 

[Cain_Zeros]

1337 came from hackers, not gamers.

Yes, but gamers started using it and hackers said, "Fuck this shit." Some still use it, but it's nowhere near as popular among hackers, mainly because of how god damn popular it is with everyone else.

As far as I've been aware "1337" was an insult to wannabe hackers by pro-hackers or "elite" hackers. As also being a "script-kiddie" or some misspelled variation thereof. *shrug* Things catch on I guess like "noob" from UO now applies to all games where players suck.

The entire "language" of leet-speak was originally used by the real deal, then the script-kiddies picked it up and spread it everywhere, and it kinda defeated the purpose. Not much point having a code everyone knows. So now it's mostly used by lazy people, or script-kiddies wanting to seem like the real deal.

Edit: This is as far as I know, of course. I could be wrong, and wouldn't be all that surprised.

 

[JAWZxZ]

He explained to me how 12 divided in half equals 7, also, mind blown

I'm curious. care to explain?

'Course I will.

Well, the first thing to do is to write 12 in Roman numerals: XII.

Then divide it by 2, which is (don't flame me for this pl0x) the same as splitting something in half.

So splitting XII horizontally would look like XII

Loot at the top half of the set of numerals. It looks like vii, as an X split horizontally looks like a V.

And, VII in actual numbers is 7.