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(@carl-b-correll)
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Really interesting.

Scale of the Universe

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 5:44 pm
(@ralph-perez)
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> Really interesting.
>
> Scale of the Universe

:good: Kinda Puts things into perspective

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 5:58 pm
(@chan-geplease)
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WOW!

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 5:59 pm
(@loyal)
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Way cool!

I sent the link to the grandkids too.

Thanks,
Loyal

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 6:00 pm
(@brad-foster)
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What a little star earth has; though I suppose it's just about the right size for us.:sun:

Great stuff Carl.

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 6:22 pm
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"Yottameter = 10^24 meter"

Can this be set as unit in Carlson SurvCE ?

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 8:04 pm
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PScale of the Universe

I agree, very neat. I majored in Physics at Caltech, and had never heard of a "yoctometer" before... Guess that might mean I'm getting old... 😉

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 10:02 pm
(@ralph-perez)
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PScale of the Universe

> I agree, very neat. I majored in Physics at Caltech,

:good: That Caltech Professor from "Mechanical Universe" is one of my favorite guys!

 
Posted : March 29, 2012 11:16 pm
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Beautiful! Thanks.

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 5:33 am
(@carl-b-correll)
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> "Yottameter = 10^24 meter"
>
> Can this be set as unit in Carlson SurvCE ?

🙂 😛

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 5:41 am
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I got dial-up so I didn't get to see the link.

but I'll always remember the POWERS OF TEN video I saw in physics class in 1977. They go all the way from normal everyday scale to the edge of the universe, then back down into the nucleus of an atom.

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 5:51 am
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thats why i think we are not alone- thats for a different thread;-)

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 7:27 am
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Wow, very cool!

Thanks!

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 8:27 am
(@dave-karoly)
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Hmm could there be another planet where the humans are in charge and the cats serve them?

Naw, too far fetched a notion 😉

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 9:44 am
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That was cool. A great way to spend 15 mins on a Friday

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 9:53 am
(@perry-williams)
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Dave, have you ever seen Red Dwarf?

In this sci-fi series, a cat left alone on a deserted ship evolved (over millions of years) into something that looked strikingly like an annoying black man.

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 10:45 am
(@dave-karoly)
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Dave, have you ever seen Red Dwarf?

I have heard about it but haven't found full episodes; just clips in a window that is too small on their website.

I was talking about BBC comedies with my niece's husband (who is English) and he mentioned Red Dwarf which I hadn't heard of until then.

Are You Being Served?
The Good Life
Fawlty Towers

I could go on and on.

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 10:59 am
(@gordon-svedberg)
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I notice that our human scale is right in the middle, making it possible to perceive the widest range of of features both large and small. Maybe the scale of the universe extends to infinity, both in the very large and very small. 🙂

 
Posted : March 30, 2012 3:49 pm