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Originally posted by alluvial View Post
Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."
I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.nomadd liked this postComment
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Originally posted by nomadd View PostVery nice.
Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."
I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.
Perhaps IT contractors share a certain existentialist angst with cavers?Comment
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Originally posted by nomadd View Post
I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.
me too. I kept zooming out waiting to see that largest entity in the universe, 'Sasgurus Brain Nebulae'
till I realised I had to keep zooming in , untill I was looking up a thread-worms bum-hole
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("")("") Born to Drink. Forced to WorkComment
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Nice!
Of course I could already comprehend all that in my own mind.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Originally posted by nomadd View PostVery nice.
Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."
one day at a timeComment
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Originally posted by zeitghostZaphod Beeblebrox was singularly unimpressed.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by nomadd View PostVery nice.
Good zoom level is to put the Sun on the screen and then try an spot the Earth! Always amazes me how conditioned people are into thinking that the Earth is about a 1/4 of the diameter of the Sun as "that's how it's shown in books."
I was mildly disappointed that the "zoom out" stopped before the proposition of a Multi-verse.
Try this. The distances involved are to scale.Comment
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