From: Leslie Viljoen <leslieviljoen@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T05:53:51+09:00
Subject: Re: [ANN] Code Golf Challenge : 1,000 Digits Of Pi

On 9/18/06, James Edward Gray II <james@grayproductions.net> wrote:
> On Sep 18, 2006, at 5:33 AM, Carl Drinkwater wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Code Golf's 12th challenge has just been added to the site.  It
> > asks you to calculate the first 1,000 digits of Pi - Something I'm
> > sure most of you have thought about, but never done.  You can see
> > the challenge at :
> >
> >   http://codegolf.com/1000-digits-of-pi
>
> Darn it!  They blocked my attempt to use open-uri.  How's a guy
> suppose to cheat with these restrictions.  Sheesh!
>
> James Edward Gray II
>
> require"open-uri";puts"3."+open("http://www.joyofpi.com/
> pi.html").read.gsub(/\s/,"")[/\d{1000}/]

Haha, ever the cheater, James Gray!