Pi in the Sky SF

September 13, 2012 11:30 AM

In honor of the ZERO1 Biennial ISHKY has the first thousand digits of Pi written in the sky over San Francisco
posted by mikoroshi (12 comments total)

I like the comment in the video 'I feel Mitt Romney would really not understand this'.
posted by ZaneJ. at 11:46 AM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]

Now that's what I call a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter in the firmament!
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:46 AM on September 13, 2012

This is really going to piss off the Tau proponents.
posted by rocket88 at 12:53 PM on September 13, 2012 [1 favorite]

Hey! Plagiarists! Some of those digits match the digits in a song I released last year!
posted by loquacious at 1:27 PM on September 13, 2012

I went out in my backyard for a few minutes when it was going on and didn't see it. Then again, I should have went out to the local park for a better view.
posted by soltini at 1:30 PM on September 13, 2012

I'm glad he named this project Pi In The Sky. I know it's not very subtle, but really...if it was called anything else, I think we'd all be ranting about missed opportunities.
posted by kilozerocharliealphawhiskey at 3:15 PM on September 13, 2012

I don't see airplanes. How are they writing it?
posted by pashdown at 3:23 PM on September 13, 2012

Nevermind. /me RTFA's.
posted by pashdown at 3:24 PM on September 13, 2012

ZOMG KEMTRAYLZ!!!
posted by Sys Rq at 6:31 PM on September 13, 2012

I saw this in the sky over my office (well, the office I was visiting from out of town for some meetings). There were a couple of guys standing around trying to figure out what the numbers in the sky meant. I rolled my eyes and thought, "Glad I don't live in the Bay Area where people are apparently all over novelty skywriting."

I guess it's nice to know I witnessed an Event. I kind of figured it was some hot new publicity trend.
posted by town of cats at 6:34 PM on September 13, 2012

Missed opportunity: "Predict" the next number out loud appearing God-like to the younger crowd watching.
posted by TangerineGurl at 8:37 PM on September 13, 2012

I don't see airplanes. How are they writing it?

AirSign Skywriting (SLYT).
posted by cenoxo at 7:35 PM on September 15, 2012