Asking the important questions...

How Many Sips in a Bottle of Beer?

Warning: The answer involves math and physics.

Geostatistician cracks lottery code...

as explained in Wired magazine.  See, studying geology has unanticipated benefits.

The father of fractal geometry...

has passed away: “He Gave Us Order Out of Chaos” — R.I.P. Benoît Mandelbrot, 1924-2010.

Geeks going wild today...

On Pi Day, one number 'reeks of mystery'

And just for fun, here's the first 100,000 digits to get you started.

Hat tip: the Bu bro.

Now that's a big pi...

Computer Scientist Sets New Record For Calculating Pi

"Computer scientist Fabrice Bellard said he has computed the mathematical constant pi to nearly 2.7 trillion digits, some 123 billion more than the previous record, BBC News reported.

Bellard used a desktop computer to perform the calculation, taking a total of 131 days to complete and check the result. He said his version of pi takes over a terabyte of hard disk space to store."

That's quite the accomplishment, but it seems like a terrible waste of a terabyte of hard disk space to me.