Math Whiz Breaks Calculation Record

Yahoo! News ^ | November 24, 2004 | AP

[MississippiMasterpiece]

Gil Grissom can do it faster.

[Pyro7480]

Gil Grissom can do it faster.

LOL!

[buddyholly]

I can still kick his A$$.

[newgeezer]

Go ahead, try this at home.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Hey that's nothing - try calculating the number of calories, the amount of exercise, and the juggling of budgets to purchase then squeeze into a dress for your husband's Christmas office party! Now THAT is a feat of genius....... ;^)

[HitmanLV]

Every day I thank God that I got nowhere near my potential! ;-)

[Fierce Allegiance]

I couldn't do that as fast with my hp48 calculator!

[Red Badger]

Mentat.....

[Protagoras]

If I started today to balance my checkbook, I'd be done by the end of the month.

[Dallas59]

That's fine and dandy but can he get a date?

[Arkie2]

Why does this make me think of Monica?

[Arkie2]

My post should have said:

"Some numbers are easier to root than others"

Why does this remind me of Monica?

[Aquinasfan]

Every day I thank God that I got nowhere near my potential! ;-)

LOL!

[I got the rope]

Mentat.....

I think you're on to something.

[Aquinasfan]

If I started today to balance my checkbook, I'd be done by the end of the month.

I used to use Dave Barry's check-off method. When it comes back from the bank with writing all over it, I check it off.

My wife balances the checkbook now.

[1john2 3and4]

Every day I thank God that I got nowhere near my potential!

LOL! Maybe you should've been more uhhh, specific?

[Protagoras]

Everything I ever learned about math was learned while keeping score for my bowling team.

[SwinneySwitch]

This is so easy! Just memorize the 13th root of all 100 digit numbers!:^}

[husky ed]

The main question I have is:

Did France surrender to Germandy, after the Record was broken?

[Petronski]

A 38-year-old with degrees in psychology, education and computer science needed only 11.8 seconds to calculate the 13th root of a 100-digit number in his head, setting a new record, organizers said.

So, AP hack, what's the RESULT?

I got 1.4251026703029981064102268562769