Scale of the Universe

**Tigadee** · 5th March 2012, 12:37

...or "See how puny we are"? Wait a few minutes for it to load...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/pag...chool-15573968

**ellipsis** · 5th March 2012, 12:49

....I was out there in the early 70's...it is big...so was the Clearlight...

**Scuba_Steve** · 5th March 2012, 12:52

ah... cool!!!

**jellywrestler** · 5th March 2012, 12:55

thought i'd see the ex's butt in there somewhere...

**BigAl** · 5th March 2012, 13:00

Wow........... if you slide the slider across real fast it simiulates warp speed as in Star Trek

**mashman** · 5th March 2012, 13:08

Apparently.

The Universe is a very big thing that contains a great number of planets and a great number of beings. It is Everything. What we live in. All around us. The lot. Not nothing. It is quite difficult to actually define what the Universe means, but fortunately the Guide doesn't worry about that and just gives us some useful information to live in it.

**Tigadee** · 5th March 2012, 13:24

Originally Posted by mashman

The Universe is a very big thing that contains a great number of planets and a great number of beings. It is Everything. What we live in. All around us.

**Taz** · 5th March 2012, 13:30

I just really want a babel fish.

"Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side. Mmmm."

**mashman** · 5th March 2012, 13:40

somebody talking about this, which contains "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."... the guide refers to this

If light is the fastest thing in the Universe, then we will never be able to see the edge of space. Sun light takes 8 minutes to reach us from the sun. We're looking for something that happened 4 billion years ago. It's likely quite expansive.

**Big Dave** · 5th March 2012, 14:27

Hasn't CERN already provided hints that Speed of light might not be the absolute?

**mashman** · 5th March 2012, 14:40

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Hasn't CERN already provided hints that Speed of light might not be the absolute?

No. Some are blaming a loose cable.

**Zedder** · 5th March 2012, 14:57

Originally Posted by mashman

No. Some are blaming a loose cable.

Is that you Marvin?

**SMOKEU** · 5th March 2012, 15:11

That's some pretty buzzy shit to be looking at after a sesh.

**Tigadee** · 5th March 2012, 16:19

Originally Posted by mashman

somebody talking about this, which contains "Space," it says, "is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mindbogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space, listen..."... the guide refers to this

The answer is 42