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Open Water => Revelations => Toadfish Bazaar => Topic started by: Griffin NoName on August 28, 2013, 03:01:51 AM

Title: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Griffin NoName on August 28, 2013, 03:01:51 AM
This is fun.

http://htwins.net/scale2/
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Darlica on August 28, 2013, 11:32:50 AM
Wow. That was a bit mindbogglingly... in a good scientific way. :D
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Opsa on August 28, 2013, 04:13:36 PM
Fascinating. It took me a moment to figure out that I needed to move the blurp along the bottom bar. I liked the music, too.
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Bob in a quantum-state-of-faith on August 28, 2013, 11:28:08 PM
Cool take on the old film "The Powers of Ten".

:)
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Aggie on August 30, 2013, 02:22:43 AM
 :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: goat starer on September 04, 2013, 12:56:54 AM
that is fabulous
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Griffin NoName on September 04, 2013, 02:30:53 AM
I don't really understand why there's a dinosaur that's about the size of three T.Rex's.
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Aggie on September 04, 2013, 06:48:44 AM
Quote from: Griffin NoName on September 04, 2013, 02:30:53 AM
I don't really understand why there's a dinosaur that's about the size of three T.Rex's.

Tyrannosaurus rex was big for a predator, but not for a dinosaur in general.  Think of the difference in size between a very large pure carnivore like a lion or a tiger and a very large herbivore like an elephant. Plant eaters get large enough to simply outsize their predators.  It's usually fairly efficient to do so, because food is everywhere and once you are big enough to be predator-resistant, you don't need to be very fast.
Title: Re: Scale of the Universe
Post by: Griffin NoName on September 04, 2013, 04:55:26 PM
Now I understand why we have an obesity problem in the UK. The govt. instructs us to eat 5 portions of vegetables a day.