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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by JonnieCache on Sunday February 06, 2011 @11:58AM (#2185923)
Try this if you want to feel really small AND really big at the same time: http://htwins.net/scale/

WARNING: You may become nauseous, dizzy and afraid if you sit playing with this for too long.

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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by Deestan on Sunday February 06, 2011 @12:39PM (#2186003)
The "Wrong Version" is hilarious: http://htwins.net/scale/wrong.html
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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by qjz on Sunday February 06, 2011 @12:22PM (#2185976)
Pretty neat. But no blue whale? That's a strange omission, since it's considered to be the largest animal ever to have existed on earth. Comparisons to our surroundings are interesting, but comparisons to our competitors are just as meaningful.
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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by ceejayoz on Sunday February 06, 2011 @12:38PM (#2186000)
The really amazing thing about that link is how much empty space we're made up of on an atomic and subatomic level.
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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by ars on Sunday February 06, 2011 @02:50PM (#2186294)
On a subatomic (and subnucleonic) scale it's 100% empty space.

Fundamental particles are true point particles and no spatial extent has ever been found for them.

So it's not just a lot of empty space - it's nothing except empty space.

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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by JonnieCache on Sunday February 06, 2011 @04:48PM (#2186541)
And at the intergalactic level. The universe really is extraordinarily vacant for such an interesting place to live.
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Re:The Size of the Human Radio-Broadcast Bubble in the Milky... by Sniffnoy on Sunday February 06, 2011 @04:25PM (#2186488)
Very nice! Inclusion of preons is a bit questionable though.
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