{"id":6599,"date":"2011-03-12T01:25:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-12T01:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=6599"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:00:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T15:00:47","slug":"lose-yourself-in-the-digits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acasinhadamatematica.pt\/?p=6599","title":{"rendered":"Lose Yourself (In The Digits)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style><div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/U2uVoDxZpaQ?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Music video to &#8220;Lose Yourself (In The Digits)&#8221; (by Pi Diddy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachpi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TeachPi.org<\/a>), made for Pi Day 2008 by enthusiastic math students at <a href=\"http:\/\/portalsso.vansd.org\/portal\/page?_pageid=193,2165216&amp;_dad=portal&amp;_schema=PORTAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fort Vancouver High School<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h3>Lose Yourself (In The Digits)<\/h3>\n<p>Look, if you had\u2026one shot\u2026one opportunity\u2026<\/p>\n<p>To recite the digits of the number pi\u2026 One moment\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Would you capture it\u2026 or just let it slip? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His palms are sweaty, knees weak, head is heavy<\/p>\n<p>The numbers cloud his vision already, keep it steady<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready<\/p>\n<p>To re-cite, but it\u2019s not quite off-settin\u2019 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That he\u2019s froze now, and the whole crowd knows he vowed<\/p>\n<p>To get it perfect, but the numbers won\u2019t come out<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s chokin\u2019, how \u2013 everybody\u2019s jokin\u2019 now<\/p>\n<p>Three point one five\u2014woops\u2014kablouw! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Snap back to reality, oh, it\u2019s a malady<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it\u2019s so random, he choked<\/p>\n<p>He can\u2019t stand, but he won\u2019t give up<\/p>\n<p>That easy, no<\/p>\n<p>He won\u2019t have it, he knows \u2013 all his fans really hope<\/p>\n<p>He can shatter the glob\u2026 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2026al world record of Fo\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2026rty-two-thousand*, although<\/p>\n<p>If-he-looks down at his notes, he knows that\u2019s when it\u2019s<\/p>\n<p>Back to the learnin\u2019 by rote<\/p>\n<p>To feel rapture<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d better capture those digits a little faster \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<\/p>\n<p>But you got a thousand more to go<\/p>\n<p>The numbers do not stop<\/p>\n<p>Or drop into pattern, no<\/p>\n<p>And memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If I\u2019m not mistaken, my memory\u2019s wakin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>This number\u2019s mine for the taking<\/p>\n<p>Hear it ring, as I list all the, digits in order<\/p>\n<p>And whole numbers are borin\u2019, approximations just keep me snorin\u2019, \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pi only grows longer to get more precise<\/p>\n<p>A rounded-off fraction just won\u2019t cut the ice<\/p>\n<p>So twenty-two sevenths, you take my advice<\/p>\n<p>If I catch you round here, you will \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pay the price, so give up this fa\u00e7ade,<\/p>\n<p>Ray-shee-os are oh so flawed<\/p>\n<p>They close the door to those who like infinite<\/p>\n<p>Strings of oh\u2019s, 2s, 9s, 3\u2019s, and 6\u2019s, it \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shows the woes of-all-the schmoes who chose<\/p>\n<p>To forgo Pi\u2019s logic, and I<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t suppose those bozos applaud it<\/p>\n<p>When I throw down the gauntlet, with a<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree point one four\u201d\u2026 I got it! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<\/p>\n<p>But you got a thousand more to go<\/p>\n<p>The numbers do not stop<\/p>\n<p>Or drop into pattern, no<\/p>\n<p>And memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime<\/p>\n<p>Pi is 3.141592653589793238462643383279\u2026 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No more games, I\u2019m-a bust right outta my cage, and<\/p>\n<p>Get my Pi-recitin\u2019 groove on, on this here stage<\/p>\n<p>I was playin\u2019 in the beginnin\u2019, the mood all changed<\/p>\n<p>I been broken up from soakin\u2019 up this whole page \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But I kept churnin\u2019 and kept learnin\u2019 to decipher<\/p>\n<p>The rhythm of the number that makes me so hyper<\/p>\n<p>All the pain and strife amplified by the<\/p>\n<p>Fact that I can\u2019t get back to my life, I\u2019m \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whacked and I don\u2019t exactly know why, I\u2019m<\/p>\n<p>Acting like I am attracted to Pi! So<\/p>\n<p>Back to a kid jam-packed with random numbers<\/p>\n<p>I think this whole process is makin\u2019 me dumber \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It still shakes me up, man, it makes me sentimental<\/p>\n<p>That a number so essential is also transcendental<\/p>\n<p>Caught up between bein\u2019 in fashion and bein\u2019 irrational<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s passion flashin\u2019 through my brain<\/p>\n<p>Whenever I explain it \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I just think pi is nice, Would you&#8230; like a slice?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve gotten to the point, it\u2019s like a vice, I\u2019m not<\/p>\n<p>Afraid of gettin&#8217; caught, but still it hurts a lot<\/p>\n<p>Success is my only mathematic option, failure\u2019s not \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pi, I love you, but these people got to know<\/p>\n<p>A million tiny circles haunt my every thought<\/p>\n<p>So here I go with my shot<\/p>\n<p>Brain, fail me not,<\/p>\n<p>This may be the only opportunity that I got! \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You better lose yourself in the digits of pi, it\u2019s a high<\/p>\n<p>But you got a thousand more to go<\/p>\n<p>The numbers do not stop<\/p>\n<p>Or drop into pattern, no<\/p>\n<p>And memorizin\u2019 \u2018em takes most of a lifetime<\/p>\n<p>Pi is\u2026 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459\u2026yeeeah. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You can do anything you set your mind to, man. Even memorizin\u2019 pi. I\u2019m out. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>* We realize that the new world record (though not yet verified) is 100,000 digits. The song was written when the record was 42,815. We stayed with the original number, because frankly, it fits the rhyme better!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lose Yourself (In The Digits)&#8221; lyrics are the property of TeachPi.org.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music video to &#8220;Lose Yourself (In The Digits)&#8221; (by Pi Diddy at TeachPi.org), made for Pi Day 2008 by enthusiastic math students at Fort Vancouver High School. 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