Re: Pi Day Exercise

Dr J R Stockton <jrs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In rec.arts.sf.science message <1205625008.765608@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:50:08, Michael Ash <mike@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> posted:
>>
>>This is silly. The winner is clearly had by typing "pi" into the nearest
>>Google search box. Nine digits from two characters. And you can even use
>>it in calculations:
> 
> That's rather long-winded; only half that number are needed.
> 
> I pasted the single character pi, from Character Map (U+03C0 : Greek
> Small Letter Pi) into the MS IE 6 Address Bar, and got 3750000 results.

Typing "pi" requires two button presses. I'd wager that your sequence 
requires several times more than that.

-- 
Michael Ash
Rogue Amoeba Software