Talk:PiHex

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There were 1246 contributors (I was #523 on the list- I used a 486-33 IIRC). It was fun. Then SETI@home started. The contributors list is here. There is a BBC program about Pi on the radio in a couple of days, and I've alerted the PiHex organiser, Colin Perceval, to this. Unfortunately, the beeb's website doesn't seem to have heard that there's a new series of this "intellectual chattering" program starting this week. --Aidan Karley 19:46, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Misleading?[edit]

The way this is written suggests that PiHex actually computed all of the first quadrillion binary digits of pi---which is untrue, correct? I believe they just computed a few digits around the quadrillionth one. -- Spireguy (talk) 18:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cost[edit]

Those 1.2 million hours cost, assuming a CPU draws 100W and electricity costs 10c/kw*hr, $120,000. $120,000 for the quadrillionth digit of PI. Was it really worth it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.70.39.72 (talk) 07:41, 4 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

On the subject of Notability[edit]

At the time when I am writing this, there is currently a template regarding this article's notability. While I currently will not remove this template, because a single user's opinion is not consensus, I do believe that this article is noteworthy. I believe the PiHex software is notable for the following reasons: 1) It is a part of the annals of history regarding distributed software; 2) It describes the details of a record-reaching calculation of pi - using over a thousand people's computers no less; 3) It serves as an anecdote to the efforts of Colin Percival that go beyond Tarsnap.

Just my two dimes on the subject. — Preceding unsigned comment added by X6wie72UelocEdjk (talk • contribs) 03:23, 9 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]