>
> I have some intrest in the number Pi -- I know 50-some digits, and have
> been looking into getting a few million digits hardbound.
>
> But while watching the movie Pi, it occurred to me that since the number
> Pi has *nothing* to do with base 10, there would be no repitition in the
> digits in any approximation of it in base 10 (or any other integer base,
> for that matter). The sequence of digits *should* be completely random,
Some digits of the development of pi in base 10 was used by Rivest in the hash
mechanism MD2 as a random source ....
Preda
> and it's goofy for people to try to look for patterns. I mean hey, if
> it's what you gotta do, go for it, but I think time would be better spent
> on other things.
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