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New Pi Computation Record Using a Desktop PC

Posted by kdawson on from the more-digits-than-you dept.

hint3 writes "Fabrice Bellard has calculated Pi to about 2.7 trillion decimal digits, besting the previous record by over 120 billion digits. While the improvement may seem small, it is an outstanding achievement because only a single desktop PC, costing less than $3,000, was used — instead of a multi-million dollar supercomputer as in the previous records."

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  1. Finally! by pEBDr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now I can finally get somewhat reasonable precision when calculating the radius of stuff!

  2. Re:Thats nice and all... by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only if you avoid the square routes.

  3. He needs some help... by LostCluster · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 TB data files... somebody needs to help him with the compression! Oh, wait a minute.

  4. Re:One thing to say by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    HE USED TRICKS!!!!1111Burn the witch...eehh communist...eeeh climate researcher...eeeeh....PI guy.

  5. Too bad... by hallux.sinister · · Score: 5, Funny
    Only another four hundred billion decimal places, and they would have found the last one!

    ~Hal

  6. Re:One thing to say by Le+Marteau · · Score: 3, Funny

    > It hides an answer to some questions for sure.

    Could be. I'm not sure the answer will be in base 10, though.

    Maybe, in base 36, beginning at the trillionth digit, pi is:

    "URTEHSUXXORUNEED2GETALIFESRSLYKTHXBYE"

    That would be amazing.

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  7. I'm building an atomic bomb. by tjstork · · Score: 3, Funny

    It allows the unwashed masses (of which I am one) a chance to do things that were once only the realm of researchers in academia or the corporate world

    I agree, that's why I have great hopes for my atomic bomb.

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