tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post1388332796107547722..comments2023-09-12T08:48:14.298+01:00Comments on Artificial Philosophy: The PiSBN ProjectGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-37959604478875434232015-08-28T17:09:00.132+01:002015-08-28T17:09:00.132+01:00Too right it would, albeit with a little NSFW warn...Too right it would, albeit with a little NSFW warning on the link ;)Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-82070987417469443852015-08-04T09:14:49.701+01:002015-08-04T09:14:49.701+01:00I wonder had it all gone horribly wrong and had en...I wonder had it all gone horribly wrong and had ended up with some very specialist illustrated adult literature would this article still have been published. We hope so…. (Grin) montgomeryrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17560997659152303919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-28432711101879001522015-05-10T02:23:54.545+01:002015-05-10T02:23:54.545+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-37916893013186891812015-01-19T21:19:29.066+00:002015-01-19T21:19:29.066+00:00A little update for any readers from spiegel.de - ...A little update for any readers from spiegel.de - my apologies for using "ISBN number" - this, as pointed out in the comments, is indeed a case of RAS syndrome (Redundant Acronym Syndrome syndrome), similar and just as annoying as PIN number. This error is entirely mine, not that of Spiegel, and I accept full responsibility (while blaming the entire book trade for still talking about ISBN numbers)<br /><br />Secondly, thanks to the user who pointed out that the edition of Snow White & Rose Red is actually in Dutch, I hadn't realised.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-57536934676195791572015-01-19T18:40:46.822+00:002015-01-19T18:40:46.822+00:00As I understand the script does this in step 1.As I understand the script does this in step 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-78142111223142409032015-01-19T18:12:22.134+00:002015-01-19T18:12:22.134+00:00They're all in there; the ones without valid c...They're all in there; the ones without valid checksums, the ones with valid checksums but which haven't been assigned to publishers, imprints or books yet, and all currently valid ISBNs alike. As you can see though, they're pretty widely scattered with just the three in the first 50,000,000 digits - the original code is on a hard drive in a box somewhere, but from memory there were hundreds of valid-as-in-checksum ISBNs and only the three that were actually real.Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-63589900090403111652015-01-19T13:01:39.737+00:002015-01-19T13:01:39.737+00:00Since we're already this meta it might also be...Since we're already this meta it might also be interesting to know which *possible* ISBNs are in PI.<br /><br />These are "only" actual ISBNs but technically there could be more as long as the checksum is right, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-51952917574925373262015-01-17T18:13:53.688+00:002015-01-17T18:13:53.688+00:00Borges already beat me to that one - Pi and the Li...Borges already beat me to that one - Pi and the Library of Babel are essentially the same thing: <br /><br />https://archive.org/details/TheLibraryOfBabelGeoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-30886496320666159452015-01-17T18:09:14.458+00:002015-01-17T18:09:14.458+00:00Ha! Point me to somewhere listing Pi in reverse or...Ha! Point me to somewhere listing Pi in reverse order and I'll get on it ;)Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07065848582219331473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-91973429449107442142015-01-17T14:07:18.952+00:002015-01-17T14:07:18.952+00:00Minor code bug: pi actually encodes ISBNs in reve...Minor code bug: pi actually encodes ISBNs in reverse order!cellocgwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770145678802745861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-42921278169652535482015-01-17T03:09:24.270+00:002015-01-17T03:09:24.270+00:00Yea!Yea!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-80260766219254988532015-01-16T21:54:25.178+00:002015-01-16T21:54:25.178+00:00Awesomely geeky! Maybe you could turn this into a ...Awesomely geeky! Maybe you could turn this into a distributed processing project like SETI@Home. You could call it The Library of Pi. :-)PeterWRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03752697224148328015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-43945061611246598142015-01-16T20:07:20.270+00:002015-01-16T20:07:20.270+00:00This is too cool! When are we gonna see more? This is too cool! When are we gonna see more? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376974431190498807.post-32270075363026538512015-01-16T03:37:58.424+00:002015-01-16T03:37:58.424+00:00This is awesome. What a creative way to find a goo...This is awesome. What a creative way to find a good book! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com