Comments on: Researchers Break Pi Calculation Record

By: xultar

xultar — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:30:33 +0000

The cookies (if that is what they are) look disgusting.

I just had to say that.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 02:19:53 +0000

Couldn’t all that calculation power be used for, I don’t know, help research on diseases such as cancer, aids, flu, etc… ?

(oh, wait! I know! http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org !)

By: vonskippy

vonskippy — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:19:18 +0000

Did they find the embedded circle yet?

By: BartC3

BartC3 — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:11:48 +0000

neerds? nerrds. nerrrrrrrds!

By: felixthecat

felixthecat — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:09:23 +0000

Super fail, I’d say. They calculated only a couple of trillion numbers, while there are still trillions of quadrillions and even a whole googel to uncover.

By: argon

argon — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:58:12 +0000

if we know it to a certain point we well be able to draw energy from subspace, that is, the exact amount of energy it takes to calculate which creates a paradox that finally let´s us divide by zero what happens after that I can´t even possibly imagine . . .

By: v.dog

v.dog — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:35:37 +0000

Just one question; if no one has ever calculated it that that far before, how do we know that its right?

By: werD

werD — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:22:05 +0000

Pi’s decimal representation is infinitely long.

All we’re doing here is benchmarking cluster performance and giving autistic savants new things to memorize.

By: sc0tty

sc0tty — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:14:59 +0000

Ok, who’s gonna write that whole number down for some math problem?

By: seb

seb — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:51:02 +0000

Anyone care to explain why it is important to find out how long PI is?