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Homemade computer sets pi record
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12 points
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sp332
on Oct 23, 2011
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anfractuosity
on Oct 23, 2011
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This
http://www.numberworld.org/misc_runs/pi-5t/details.html
has got the specs of the computer he used to calculate 5 trillion places.
daniel-cussen
on Oct 23, 2011
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The Chudnovsky brothers also used a homemade computer to compute pi, and they held the record for a long time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chudnovsky_brothers
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