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Author Topic: Calculate Pi To a World Record 5 Trillion Digits  (Read 8803 times)
330T
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« on: August 06, 2010, 08:22:22 PM »
Two guys one in Japan, one in the US built a single "super computer" with the purpose to beat a world record of calculating Pi to the 5 trillionth digit...  Just to put that into perspective, the txt file that holds the number is 6TB...  Check out the Giz article.

http://gizmodo.com/5606273/this-computer-just-calculated-pi-to-a-world-record-5-trillion-digits
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2010, 04:15:30 PM »
Interesting....but my question to them would be "WHY??"
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2010, 05:42:20 PM »
Quote from: Cyphis on August 09, 2010, 04:15:30 PM
Interesting....but my question to them would be "WHY??"



its a e-penis thing... 
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« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2010, 05:46:40 PM »
Quote from: Cyphis on August 09, 2010, 04:15:30 PM
Interesting....but my question to them would be "WHY??"



I often find myself asking that about most of the things that men do. 
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« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2010, 05:47:06 PM »
Quote from: 330T on August 09, 2010, 05:42:20 PM
Quote from: Cyphis on August 09, 2010, 04:15:30 PM
Interesting....but my question to them would be "WHY??"



its a e-penis thing... 

Yup, that's usually the answer too.  Grin
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