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> Computing pi to the umpteenth digit is actually rather easily
> achieve
> nowadays by good maths software and and a average desktop pc. In
> Mathematica
> 5 i enumerated pi to 1 million digits. Didn't take very long
> too.
>

I wonder if instead of monkeys typing away forever and coming up with a =
Shakespear sonnet, if that same sonnet could be found ASCII encoded =
somewhere in the sequence of PI?

So for example, instead of an MP3, I just have a file that says, start =
at the nth digit of PI (or sqrt of 2?) and go for n digits and play the =
song. =20

This may be similar to the paradox where the spaceman comes to Earth, =
scans all our known literature and creates one big number.  He then =
represents this number as a fraction,  takes out a rod made of a special =
space material and makes a mark on it.  Decoding all the Earth =
literature when he gets back is only a matter of precise measuring and a =
bit of calculation.

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