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    Posted: May/16/2012 at 12:43
a comparison of the magnitude of things in the universe...

Opinion,untempered by fact,is ignorance.

There are some who do not fear death... for they are more afraid of not really living
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote BeltFed Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2012 at 13:33
I thought this was going to be deep and educational, and waaaay above my head, but as it turns out, it will not come up.
 
Your not as dumb as I lookBucky
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Alan Robertson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2012 at 18:34
Very nice link- THANKS DAN!!!

Size is the only illusion.

If you'd posted this yesterday, last night I would have known how many Planck lengths in a parsec, but might have stayed awake all night figuring how many yoctometers the earth has traveled around the Sun from the beginning of time until last Saturday morning at 4:23:17 am CDT.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kickboxer Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/16/2012 at 18:55
Originally posted by BeltFed BeltFed wrote:

I thought this was going to be deep and educational, and waaaay above my head, but as it turns out, it will not come up.
 
Your not as dumb as I lookBucky

I don't know why, but sometimes when you click the link, it has blocked in front.  Merely deleted "blocked" from the front of the url and it will be fine...

http://htwins.net/scale2/?bordercolor=white         or paste this.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote helo18 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/17/2012 at 00:08
That is pretty cool, although I think they didn't zoom out far enough for the size of the universe.
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space limited...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Bigdaddy0381 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May/17/2012 at 11:57
Originally posted by Kickboxer Kickboxer wrote:

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I know the feeling....
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Opinion,untempered by fact,is ignorance.

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I've seen that sign or one like it! Big Daddy's Fireworks, somewhere in Alabama.
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