Compute pi to base 12 using Python?

[Richie Hindle]

[Dan]
> Now you've got me curious.  Why would an artist want the first 3003
> digits of pi to the base 12?

[Dick]
> He says,
> Do you know how I can get "base12 pi"?
> Because the chromatic scale is base12.
> c c# d d# e f f# g g# a a# b

He should read Douglas Adams' fictional essay "Music and Fractal
Landscapes", from "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency":

 "I believe that there must be a form of
  music inherent in nature, in natural objects, in the patterns
  of natural processes.  A  music that would be as deeply
  satisfying as any naturally occurring beauty [...]"

You can see the text here:


http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:3Ni6gRXCcJgJ:tash.dns2go.com/FTP/P800/Books%2520txt/Douglas%2520Adams%2520-%2520Dirk%2520Gently%27s%2520Holistic%2520Detective%2520Agency.txt+%22douglas+adams%22+%22Music+and+Fractal+Landscapes%22&hl=en

or via this tinyurl:

  http://tinyurl.com/6ugnk

(Search within that page for the phrase "Music and Fractal Landscapes".
Or Google for it, which is how I found the link.)

-- 
Richie Hindle
richie at entrian.com