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i 1st read about this in latest issue of new scientist....

turns out that if one of these spheres was scaled up to the size of the earth...the difference between the highest point and lowest point on the sphere would b 4m

i had to ask myself....why bother?

dont know why i posted this either...just thought it was a bit strange and so are most of you lot

awesome.

Originally posted by jaden101

i had to ask myself....why bother?


its unfortunate you have to ask yourself that...

I find this very interesting, thanks for the info. I wonder what will happen when the sphere is complete, maybe itll fall through the fabric of space into another universe or something

Cool, but it is still not perfect.

Pretty cool, could you imagine if you dropped it

Originally posted by PITT_HAPPENS
Pretty cool, could you imagine if you dropped it

i thought about that...he sitting polishing it atom by atom...and someone comes in and batters it with a hammer and then runs away

Originally posted by inimalist
its unfortunate you have to ask yourself that...

no...it really isn't