Remebering pi Going beyond remembering 3.14

[eNathan]

I recently though it would be kewl to remember pi up to 256 digits Ok, I am a little wacko. My original idea was to remember 1 digit per day. But in the last three days, I have already memorized the first 18 digits. I couldn't help but look.
In any event, what would be the absolute best method of doing this? I have found it good to remember them in two number segments instead of one. And of course, I wrote a software to help me out.

P.S. sorry if this is posed in the wrong forum; I didn't know where else to put it.

3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209
749445923078164062862089986280348253421170679821480865132
823066470938446095505822317253594081284811174502841027019
385211055596446229489549303819644288109756659334461284756
482337867831652712019091456
This may take a while

 

[Pengwuino]

Use a calculator :P

 

[eNathan]

calculator what would that do, exatly?

 

[Tide]

I think memorizing is inefficient! I just remember the arctangent algorithm and run the numbers in my head to get the desired number of digits!

 

[roger]

It can be inefficient, but I think it depends on the method of memorization.

and the proof in that, is an asian man recently recited pi, to something like 80, 000 decimal places..

 

[eNathan]

He must have broke a record. The max I have heard is 40,000 digits being recited.