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12-12-2011, 07:05 PM
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| | | Scale of the universe
My eldest sent me this with the comment "This is VERY cool!" I have to agree... Scale of Universe - Interactive Scale of the Universe Tool
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12-12-2011, 08:04 PM
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I would have thought making 'this' is a feat in itself - extremely clever.
And I notice the three letter word doesn't even get a look-in. 
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12-12-2011, 08:06 PM
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Very interesting Dave! Thanks for sharing.
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12-12-2011, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by fairplay  i would have thought making 'this' is a feat in itself - extremely clever.
And i notice the three letter word doesn't even get a look-in.
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12-12-2011, 09:28 PM
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I like this.
Once (when very bored) I found that the windows accessories calculator on my (bog standard) computer could work out sums nearly up to 10 to the power 1 million given a little while  I guessed at the time that there could not be that many "things" in the universe, and using the scale of the universe tool I calculate that roughly 3.37x 10 to the power 153 neutrinos should be sufficient to fill the observable universe (subject to a few assumptions that probably aren't true and some unchecked maths!) I'm a bit disappointed to see that this huge amount of over capacity is missing from the calculator on my newest computer. 
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12-12-2011, 09:34 PM
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LOL! Waaaay too much time on your hands there Johnny. But a fun calculation anyway. 
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12-12-2011, 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by pressld2 LOL! Waaaay too much time on your hands there Johnny. But a fun calculation anyway.
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12-12-2011, 10:28 PM
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Thanks for the link Dave. It's very well done. |
13-12-2011, 07:09 AM
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Very interesting
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Great link! It's amazing just how vast it is, and we still haven't found the edges! | | | |
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