542 Come, Drink the Water Of The Ganges River (1/2)
Chapter 542: Come, Drink the Water Of The Ganges River
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
All keyboards in the world were similar. Even the special keyboards in the libraries had an almost identical layout as this laptop. Pi stared at the keyboard for a while, and soon pressed the first key. Zhang Zian peeped through the door. He couldn't see the exact key that Pi had pressed, but it should be one of the number keys above the 26 alphabets. There were no additional number keys on the laptop, so even if Zhang Zian could not see, he had a good guess of what Pi was typing: it must be the Pi. Why was Pi typing the Pi? Was it for relaxing in the same way that humans play games to relax? If he remembered correctly, there was a word number restriction in the search toolbar of the default search engine on the explorer's home page. It could not type indefinitely.
Soon, Pi opened its mouth in surprise with its eyes fixed on the screen. It was pressing on a certain number of the keyboard repeatedly, but could not enter it.
”Eeek!”
After a few failed attempts, it held its head with both hands in frustration, and pulled the short fur on its head with the fingers, like a high school student troubled by difficult math problems.
Zhang Zian thought about it, tiptoed quietly downstairs, then went back upstairs with heavier-than-usual steps. He wanted Pi to hear his steps so that it wouldn't be scared. He opened the door of the living room, walked in while stretching himself, as if he didn't know anything, then said to himself out loud, ”Finally finished all the work. I'm exhausted...”
Pi had moved away from the computer and sat on the couch next to it. It pretended to be reading, but forgot to close the browser before leaving. Zhang Zian sat back in front of the computer, stared at the screen, then pretended to be surprised. ”Well, I remember closing the browser before I left...” He was right. In the search bar of the engine, there was indeed a long string of Pi.
”Eeek!”
Pi acted like a child who did something wrong. It lowered its head, and covered its face with its hands, waiting for Zhang Zian's criticism.
”Did Pi open the browser? How smart is Pi! None of the other elfins know how to use the computer, but Pi.” Zhang Zian praised it, to its surprise.
”Eeek?”
Pi put down its hands, and gazed at him without moving.
”I mean it. Do you see that African grey parrot who claims to know every language? It can't even use the mouse, not to mention typing the first 100 digits of Pi with accuracy.” He spoke ill of Richard behind its back. In fact, he didn't know if the first 100 digits that Pi typed out was accurate. But it didn't matter, as long as it could boost its confidence.
”Eeek!”
Pi turned cheerful. It held the book with one hand, and beat its chest with the other hand. Zhang Zian thought carefully about its meaning, and probed. ”Does Pi mean that you can type more than the first 100 digits?”
”Eeek!” Pi nodded hard.
”Well...how many digits can Pi type?” He asked curiously. ”200?”
Pi shook its head, and spread its arms flat.
Does this mean...more than 200 digits?
”500 then?”
”Eeek!”
Pi still shook its head with pride, and extended its arms as much as it could, like the stretching move of the broadcast gymnastics.
”Well...” Zhang Zian tried another guess. ”1000?”
”Eeek!”
Pi's movement was even more exaggerated, clearly asking him to guess bigger. Zhang Zian started sweating because this was hard to believe. He didn't know what the maximum number of digits was that a human could remember of Pi. He could not imagine how it was possible to recite this irrational number. Then he guessed. ”10,000?”
”Eeek! Hehe!”
Pi seemed anxious, and moved even faster, as if his guess was still too small.
”Fine...” Zhang Zian decided to add more than 10 fold each time to save time. Since Pi looked so confident, he would name a huge number. ”10 million?” He uttered this number with uncertainty. He was afraid of hurting Pi's self-esteem if the number was too big. Humans could not recite such a number anyway, as it was over the physical limit of a human brain. Even if some could recite 10 digits per second and spend 8 hours a day reciting, it would take a month to finish the 10 million digits.
”Eeek!”
Pi still shook its head, and lifted its arms while hopping, suggesting to guess bigger.
Zhang Zian: ”...”
Even if he trusted Pi, right now, he started doubting if Pi was as fond of bragging as he was. The laptop was still on so he searched in the search engine, that up to this date, Pi calculated up to 60 trillion digits. No matter how smartass Pi was, it could not possibly recite 60 trillion digits, could it?