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http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-09-29-n85.html

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/19/2321236&tid=95&tid=120

Search Pi for any sequence of digits.
Try it with your birthday (e.g. 05171971), zip code, or telephone number.



Please enter the digits you are looking for:
(currently the first 3.2 billion digits of π are searched)
(might take up to four minutes...)





Or specify the range of digits you'd like to have printed out:
(currently the first 3.2 billion digits of π are available)
from: (beginning at 1)
number of digits: (≤ 100000)



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Result: '0805121215' found at position 390990394 in pi's digits after the decimal point!
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release notes:
08/17/2005 - Corrected an error, now all combinations are found.
08/17/2005 - Made faster by about 20%
08/18/2005 - Now 3.2 billion places are available
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