do these people just not have jobs???

**webby** · 01-11-2006, 03:12 AM

http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/5975108/detail.html

Man Recites First 4,000 Digits Of Pi, But Doesn't Get Record

POSTED: 10:34 am EST January 10, 2006

SYDNEY, Australia -- For Chris Lyons, reciting a 4,400 digit number was as easy as Pi.

Lyons, 36, recited the first 4,400 digits of Pi -- a mathematical value that has an infinite number of decimal places -- without a single error at the 2006 Mindsports Australia Festival, organizer David Cordover said Tuesday.

Cordover said Lyons, a memory coach from Melbourne, took 2 1/2 hours to complete the feat.

Lyons said he spent just one week memorizing the digits before reciting them for judges at the festival Monday.

"With the right techniques and a bit of practice you can remember whatever you want," he said.

His accomplishment is far from a record.

In July, a Japanese psychiatric counselor recited Pi to 83,431 decimal places from memory, breaking his own personal best of 54,000 digits and setting an unofficial world record, according to media reports.

aznkukuboi · 01-12-2006, 03:45 AM

Photographic memory my friend.

My cousin has it. However, I DON'T think she can get to that many thousands though.

01-11-2006, 03:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
webby Acorns! Join Date: May 2005 Location: Storage Room B Posts: 14,472 iTrader: 12 / 100%	do these people just not have jobs??? http://www.wftv.com/irresistible/5975108/detail.html Man Recites First 4,000 Digits Of Pi, But Doesn't Get Record POSTED: 10:34 am EST January 10, 2006 SYDNEY, Australia -- For Chris Lyons, reciting a 4,400 digit number was as easy as Pi. Lyons, 36, recited the first 4,400 digits of Pi -- a mathematical value that has an infinite number of decimal places -- without a single error at the 2006 Mindsports Australia Festival, organizer David Cordover said Tuesday. Cordover said Lyons, a memory coach from Melbourne, took 2 1/2 hours to complete the feat. Lyons said he spent just one week memorizing the digits before reciting them for judges at the festival Monday. "With the right techniques and a bit of practice you can remember whatever you want," he said. His accomplishment is far from a record. In July, a Japanese psychiatric counselor recited Pi to 83,431 decimal places from memory, breaking his own personal best of 54,000 digits and setting an unofficial world record, according to media reports.

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01-12-2006, 03:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
aznkukuboi Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 117 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Photographic memory my friend. My cousin has it. However, I DON'T think she can get to that many thousands though.