# Monkeys & Pi

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-pi/250147>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 13, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-pi/250147 "2004-06-13T17:56:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![flex727](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flex727](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flex727)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monkeys-pi/250147/21 "2004-06-16T20:06:44Z")

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Sorry, I had to step away for a few days and missed a bit of the conversation. Pardon me for appearing to hit and run.

> [@Exapno Mapcase](#):
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> I answered what the OP meant, and not what was written. If you don’t do that you can’t get anything done around this place. :)].

Much appreciated - and you were right about what I was asking.

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> It’s true that nobody knows if pi - or any other math constant - is normal. But there’s been some progress in the investigation, as [this article](http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/pi-random.html) indicates.].

Thanks, very illuminating.

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> And you can now [search for your name in pi](http://pisearch.lbl.gov/).

Very cool! My name is there. Both my work and home numbers are in the first million digits. Apparently I’m very Pi-compatible. 😛

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