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Nicholas Sze of Yahoo Finds Two-Quadrillionth Digit of Pi

Posted by timothy on from the I'm-a-good-guesser-in-binary-too dept.

gregg writes "A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi — and a few digits either side of it. Nicholas Sze, of technology firm Yahoo, determined that the digit — when expressed in binary — is 0."

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  1. Put to good use by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good to know they're putting those idle datacenters to good use. It's not like Yahoo has any real users anymore to generate load.

  2. Last Digit? by fandingo · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Interestingly, by some algebraic manipulations, (our) formula can compute pi with some bits skipped; in other words, it allows computing specific bits of pi," Mr Sze explained to BBC News.

    So why don't they just use their formula to compute the last digit of Pi already?
    That would be the rational approach. Who cares about the two quadrillionth digit??

  3. What are the odds? by grot · · Score: 5, Funny

    the digit — when expressed in binary — is 0.

    Jeez, what are the odds of that?