Pi calculated to 1.24 trillion digits

guyver · Post by **guyver** » 2002-12-10 01:24pm

Now that is a big Pi

TOKYO, Dec. 6 — Researchers at a leading national university have set a world record by calculating the value of pi to 1.24 trillion places, a member of the team said Friday. Professor Yasumasa Kanada and nine other researchers at the Information Technology Center at Tokyo University calculated the value for pi with a Hitachi supercomputer over 400 hours in September, team member Makoto Kudo said.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/844110.asp?0dm=T28BT

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-12-10 01:42pm

This is interesting, but we already have a thread about it.

guyver · Post by **guyver** » 2002-12-10 01:43pm

Durran Korr wrote:This is interesting, but we already have a thread about it.

Sorry did not see it

Could a mod remove this please

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-12-10 05:13pm

Okay, so they show off their big, powerful computers, but what else is calculating pi to a bazillion digits going to do for us? Will it solve world hunger at 10 trillion, elimitate idiocy at 50 trillion, make FTL travel possible at 1 quadrillion, and then turn the universe into an utopia at 100 quadrillion or something?

The Dark · Post by **The Dark** » 2002-12-10 08:25pm

It allows for a more precise measurement of just how big the tires on Bigfoot really are

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data_link · Post by **data_link** » 2002-12-10 11:28pm

As was mentioned, computing Pi to several umptillion is a very good way to test the processing power of computers.

Beyond that though, I think they do it for the same reason that George Mallory climbed Mount Everest: "Because it is there."

Master of Ossus · Post by **Master of Ossus** » 2002-12-10 11:30pm

Seeing as how there is another thread on this very matter...

Thread locked.