3.1415925635 Is the Magic Number

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The Raspberry Pi aims to stimulate a new wave of interest in computer science.

For those unfamiliar with the Raspberry Pi, it's a single-board computer released earlier this week, costing $35 per unit. It's meant as an educational tool, a gateway drug, if you will, into the world of coding at a low price.

Its creators hope to mimic the impact of the BBC Micro in the 1980s, which stimulated a wave of interest in computer science. I'd imagine more than a few people in the field today owe that initial spark to the device, and judging by the demand for the Raspberry Pi, which

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