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| | Search for your Name in the Digits of Pi |
 | | Base 27 is the neatest way which allows me to represent the digit 1 as A, 2 as B,..., and 26 as Z. With Base 26, I would have to use A=0, B=1, etc... |
 | | Even today, computer scientists sometimes use base 16 (with 16 digits 0 to 9 and A to F), base 8 (with digits 0 to 7) or even base 2 (with only two digits 0 and 1!). |
 | | In base 16, there are 16 digits, usually represented as 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E and F. I wanted people to be able to look for their name in pi. |
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