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Post #327,093 by drook 5/31/10 9:26:51 AM Reply	Link to the display site http://www.voyageonline.org/ There are a bunch of other versions, too. Good listing here -- http://www.vendian.o...dir3/solarsystem/ -- which includes this one -- http://www.efn.org/~...uttheProject.html -- that a father built for his 4th-grader son to help him with his astronomy homework. I saw one on TV a while back that was based at a college. The sun was over a story tall, which put pluto in the next town. -- Drew
Post #327,098 by Another Scott 5/31/10 10:26:47 AM Reply	Going the other way. While the universe is big, it's startling how tiny parts of its contents are. An atom has a diameter of ~2-3x10^-10 meters - http://hyperphysics....cles/atomsiz.html - or 0.2-0.3 nm. AMD and Intel are selling CPUs based on 45 nm design rules (some distances on the chip are substantially smaller). The electron is point-like - it has no physical size. Measurements show it has a radius no larger than 10^-22 meters - http://en.wikipedia....mental_properties The problem with measuring dramatically smaller distances is that larger and more massive equipment is required. The physical limit is the Planck distance (~10^-35 meters). Supposedly, to try to measure something smaller would require an interferometer that would be massive enough to create a black hole... http://www.newscient...th-announced.html In contrast, the lower-limit of the diameter of the universe is estimated to be 78x10^9 light years ( http://en.wikipedia....servable_universe ) or 7.4 x10^26 meters. A neat short video of the sizes of the planets and a few stars - http://www.youtube.c...tch?v=P38ri8vQjRU One of course would be remiss without mentioning Powers of 10: http://en.wikipedia....iki/Powers_of_Ten http://www.powersof10.com/ Cheers, Scott.
Post #327,125 by Ashton 5/31/10 7:08:17 PM Reply	Ergo, the distance from Mr. Planck --> just-shy-of nirvana is ~< a mere 10^62. However, in just an 11-dimensional construct [under-construction 'they' say] -- these data may prove meaningless / the End of all spreadsheets? Perhaps, should we Actually Face the current Planetary Problems of the [Known and extremely-Likely] scale: some form of Buddha-compassionate philosophy / Gaea-nourishing better-Science might supersede the boring mercantile marketing approach to all things in liff, that Me-Me Affluenza mindset which Got US Here, to the ragged-edge of survivability: http://www.newscient...nd-of-silence.php http://www.amazon.co...nce/dp/1416599592 Some angles in the above might give an intro to that which is perpetually absent in today's environment of inescapable Noise -- that silence from which authentic Thought may arise. (Couldn't hoit.) (Maybe begin from Mahler's Fifth. Then, turn that gear off and -- if it's quiet enough that you can hear your own heartbeat (in anechoic chambers, some have heard another's heartbeat, too) -- go within.) Find a species-saving Out to this mess. Eh? Forget the Think Tank 'solutions' -- too many echoes in those and nary a one with originality.. I could almost see voting for Palin in 2012 on the grounds that this sorry ratfucking excuse for a republic, this savage, smirking, predatory empire deserves her. Bring on the Rapture, motherfuckers! -- via RC
Post #327,127 by static 5/31/10 9:13:55 PM Reply	That takes commitment. I had a science teacher in year 7 who wanted us to build something like that. I already knew it wasn't something you could carry on the bus. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.

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