Comments on: Reciting Pi while balancing books and spinning a Rubik's Cube http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 03:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: guillaume_remy http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-746244 guillaume_remy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-746244 Que j'aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages ! Glorieux Youtubeur, artiste, ingénieur, Toi de qui Internet aime encore la gloire, Soit ton nom conservé par de savants blogueurs ! Que j’aime à faire apprendre un nombre utile aux sages ! Glorieux Youtubeur, artiste, ingénieur, Toi de qui Internet aime encore la gloire, Soit ton nom conservé par de savants blogueurs !

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745228 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745228 i love this video, but i really wish the books would fall at the end, it would sell the balancing a lot more, right now it could be a setup, but either way, great vid. fake or not for her to even take on these topics in a vid is nerd-worthy i love this video, but i really wish the books would fall at the end, it would sell the balancing a lot more, right now it could be a setup, but either way, great vid. fake or not for her to even take on these topics in a vid is nerd-worthy

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745250 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745250 In a not too distant possible future the offspring of this book balancing hotje and cherubic ex-rocker Prof. Brian Cox will find the higgs boson before breakfast and then invent anti-grav jetpacks before supper. In a not too distant possible future the offspring of this book balancing hotje and cherubic ex-rocker Prof. Brian Cox will find the higgs boson before breakfast and then invent anti-grav jetpacks before supper.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745261 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745261 Do I detect a collective boingasm? Do I detect a collective boingasm?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745265 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745265 "imagine how effective she'd be in running a local government"... either that or clown school, which is really not too different when you think about it. “imagine how effective she’d be in running a local government”… either that or clown school, which is really not too different when you think about it.

]]> By: rAMPANTiDIOCY http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745015 rAMPANTiDIOCY Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745015 wow! i find that incredibly sexy. hope she's out of high school. wow! i find that incredibly sexy. hope she’s out of high school.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745017 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745017 um, forgive me but that's hawt. it's funny because I just bought a new rubik's cube two days ago. and I already can recite pi to 100 digits. now I just need to buy a stack of books and I can take her on! um, forgive me but that’s hawt. it’s funny because I just bought a new rubik’s cube two days ago. and I already can recite pi to 100 digits. now I just need to buy a stack of books and I can take her on!

]]> By: siradambeck http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745018 siradambeck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745018 I'm sure those skills are transferable, but for what.... hmmmm. Do they teach math at etiquette school? I’m sure those skills are transferable, but for what…. hmmmm. Do they teach math at etiquette school?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745020 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745020 Youtube comments are entirely marriage proposals. Youtube comments are entirely marriage proposals.

]]> By: rebdav http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745023 rebdav Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745023 An agile mind is the sexiest of all, and she is cute on top of it!! How many hearts will she break? An agile mind is the sexiest of all, and she is cute on top of it!! How many hearts will she break?

]]> By: netsharc http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745030 netsharc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745030 Show us yer books! I'm certain she's way out of my league, so I'll just make lewd comments. :p Show us yer books!

I’m certain she’s way out of my league, so I’ll just make lewd comments. :p

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745031 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745031 Yup, women can do/feel/think of many things at the same time like thinking of making love, balance the budget, be sorry for an ailing puppy, feel the fresh spring air on their faces, wiggle their toes... which bring us to thinking of making love. Good girls. Yup, women can do/feel/think of many things at the same time like thinking of making love, balance the budget, be sorry for an ailing puppy, feel the fresh spring air on their faces, wiggle their toes… which bring us to thinking of making love. Good girls.

]]> By: Elijah Meeks http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745291 Elijah Meeks Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745291 But that's impossible! Wasn't this a Millennium Challenge? But that’s impossible! Wasn’t this a Millennium Challenge?

]]> By: hobomike http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745299 hobomike Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745299 She'd be perfect if she plays the uke. :-) She’d be perfect if she plays the uke. :-)

]]> By: jazzbo http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745055 jazzbo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745055 I believe the young lady SOLVED the Rubic's cube. Yea! I believe the young lady SOLVED the Rubic’s cube. Yea!

]]> By: aolson http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745064 aolson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745064 Brilliant! Brilliant!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745325 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745325 ...and she STILL didn't get into Penn State. …and she STILL didn’t get into Penn State.

]]> By: Terry http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745099 Terry Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745099 Resistance is futile. Resistance is futile.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745101 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745101 I think its a bad assumption that our [US] government can even recite pi to 3 digits. I think its a bad assumption that our [US] government can even recite pi to 3 digits.

]]> By: Daemon http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745357 Daemon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745357 Only slightly randomized rubik's cube, but still far better than I could do. Only slightly randomized rubik’s cube, but still far better than I could do.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-748177 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-748177 I'm still waiting for that sandwich.... I’m still waiting for that sandwich….

]]> By: HornCologne http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745107 HornCologne Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745107 I, for one, welcome our new book-balancing, math-wiz, agile and cute-as-heck overlord. I, for one, welcome our new book-balancing, math-wiz, agile and cute-as-heck overlord.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745118 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745118 pfft. I have a friend who holds the worlds record for 'Fastest recitation of Hamlets soliloquy while juggling machetes and balanced on a rola-bola on a picnic table'. Citation available on request. pfft. I have a friend who holds the worlds record for ‘Fastest recitation of Hamlets soliloquy while juggling machetes and balanced on a rola-bola on a picnic table’. Citation available on request.

]]> By: Digilante http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745125 Digilante Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745125 Careful now, she's SPINNING the cube, not SOLVING it. Watch the vid carefully. Careful now, she’s SPINNING the cube, not SOLVING it. Watch the vid carefully.

]]> By: Redratio1 http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745637 Redratio1 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745637 Point is that it's all three combined. Point is that it’s all three combined.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745903 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745903 Her eyes are focused on the cube not on the wall so unlikely she's reading the digits off the wall. And though she's merely spinning the cube, the multitasking is impressive nonetheless. Her eyes are focused on the cube not on the wall so unlikely she’s reading the digits off the wall.

And though she’s merely spinning the cube, the multitasking is impressive nonetheless.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745138 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745138 She's not just spinning the cube, she takes a solved cube, makes a pattern by moving the center square to another face (ie, all white face with red square in center) and then back to solved. Not as difficult as solving a random cube but still requires some thought. She’s not just spinning the cube, she takes a solved cube, makes a pattern by moving the center square to another face (ie, all white face with red square in center) and then back to solved. Not as difficult as solving a random cube but still requires some thought.

]]> By: Shelby Davis http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745651 Shelby Davis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745651 Indeed. Count me in. Indeed. Count me in.

]]> By: ethancoop http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745144 ethancoop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745144 This makes me really really miss college. This makes me really really miss college.

]]> By: kyoorius http://boingboing.net/2010/03/26/reciting-pi-while-ba.html#comment-745148 kyoorius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-745148 What is the process to nominate someone for Miss America? What is the process to nominate someone for Miss America?

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