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This is a question How nerdy are you?

This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.

So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?

As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.

Revel in your own nerdiness.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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I know Pi
Up to 3.1415926536

I am almost certain that plenty of people on here will be able to beat that without googling it.

Go!

Edit: Also, 0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 13:42, 11 replies)

3.1415926535898 from memory - go me!
(I helped save b3ta! Weetobix, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 14:06, closed)
9.869604403
is the square. From memory.
I also used to do 69 (ooh er) factorial on my calculator so I could see it "thinking" for seconds...an old Casio...I'm so sad
(I helped save b3ta! I_Was_Mordred, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 14:17, closed)
69!
was the standard test of how fast a calculator was when I were a lad.
(I helped save b3ta! K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 14:23, closed)
Well that's easy to remember!
But what was wrong with old way. What's so hard about remembering 911?
(I helped save b3ta! Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 14:28, closed)
0118 999 881 999 119 725... 3
Isn't that the phone number for Saturday Superstore?
(I helped save b3ta! Mrs Entity is in hiding., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:00, closed)
It could be
It's also the new number for the fire brigade according to The IT Crowd.

I was just demonstrating my memory for utterly useless numbers.
(clumsyeloquence is a girl, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:22, closed)
081 811 8181?

(I helped save b3ta! idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Thu 6 Mar 2008, 17:04, closed)
Quite impressed i still remember this...
Whether I'm right will be another story

3.141592653589793238

Year 9 (13/14 years old) , written on the wall at the front of the class!

I'm now 19 :-)
(I helped save b3ta! Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 11:24, closed)
I learnt a poem
Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic verse and magic spelling
Celestial spirits elucidate
All my own striving can't relate

the letters in each word correspond to the next number. Pretty useful if you want to impress maths nerds. There are more verses but I always reckoned 20 digits was enough.
(silencer, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 18:23, closed)
Showing my age...
Noel Edmonds Multi Coloured Swap Shop

01 811 8055
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 20:21, closed)
At Idonthaveafunnynickname
I remember the 'excitement' when they added 1 after the first 0, so an extra upbeat had to be added to the chant. I felt it quite changed the mood.
(Skittlemcfluff ......................, Sat 8 Mar 2008, 0:58, closed)

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