Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) )

Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by erikstarck on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:00PM (#2407994)

...in other words: fold a paper 42 times and you reach the moon.

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Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by jameskilton on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:43PM (#2408183)

And only 8 more folds to reach the sun!

Ain't exponentiality awesome?

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Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by olalonde on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:47PM (#2408199)

And only 41.46 more folds to reach the size of the observable universe! :)

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Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by theboos on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:57PM (#2408246)

... requiring about 4 trillion sheets:

... or 2.586 trillion square feet of paper:

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Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by rajasharan on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:07PM (#2408027)

but you can't fold a paper more than 8 times

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Re:Log2 ( (distance to moon) / (thickness of paper) ) by wglb on Monday April 04, 2011 @03:10PM (#2408043)

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