Comments on: Units of Measurement http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:46:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: lennonluiz http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-1591 lennonluiz Tue, 07 Jun 2011 19:23:09 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-1591 maybe the unimeter(universe) on the last section should be 1000 yottameters, resumed approximate size of the universe(approx. 930.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 kilometers, or 930 yottameters). supermeter should be before megameter(so kilometer?) ultrameter should be after megameter, before gigameter also. suprameter is in a macroverse. the substitution of zettameter maybe. macrometer(why i said that?) may be the substitution of yottameter. also: yottameter: 1000 zettameters zettameter: 1000 exameters exameter: 1000 petameters(or 110 light years, approx 30 parsecs) petameter: 1000 terameters(approx 6500 astronomical units) terameter: 1000 gigameters. lesson and idea swarm ended. maybe the unimeter(universe) on the last section should be 1000 yottameters, resumed approximate size of the universe(approx. 930.000.000.000.000.000.000.000 kilometers, or 930 yottameters).
supermeter should be before megameter(so kilometer?)
ultrameter should be after megameter, before gigameter also.
suprameter is in a macroverse. the substitution of zettameter maybe.
macrometer(why i said that?) may be the substitution of yottameter.
also:
yottameter: 1000 zettameters
zettameter: 1000 exameters
exameter: 1000 petameters(or 110 light years, approx 30 parsecs)
petameter: 1000 terameters(approx 6500 astronomical units)
terameter: 1000 gigameters.
lesson and idea swarm ended.

]]> By: James http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-1132 James Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:18:32 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-1132 @David: One thousand @David: One thousand

]]> By: David http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-1130 David Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:45:13 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-1130 how many astronimical units in a kilo astronimical unit how many astronimical units in a kilo astronimical unit

]]> By: James http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-60 James Fri, 07 May 2010 22:33:35 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-60 Of course you can always make up your own units of measurement if you want something smaller... Turns out that the Jamesometer (abreviated "jam") is 10^-36, or about 16 times smaller than a planck length. There's an article about non standard unit prefixes on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-SI_unit_prefixes My favourite one is the prefix "tiny", abbreviated "ti". So if you had a tinymeter the abbreviation would be "tim". Of course you can always make up your own units of measurement if you want something smaller… Turns out that the Jamesometer (abreviated “jam”) is 10^-36, or about 16 times smaller than a planck length.

There’s an article about non standard unit prefixes on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-SI_unit_prefixes
My favourite one is the prefix “tiny”, abbreviated “ti”. So if you had a tinymeter the abbreviation would be “tim”.

]]> By: Iramatak http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-59 Iramatak Fri, 07 May 2010 19:21:04 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-59 diameter, not radius of a black hole. Sorry. diameter, not radius of a black hole. Sorry.

]]> By: Iramatak http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-58 Iramatak Fri, 07 May 2010 19:19:43 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-58 Actually, there are several things smaller than picometers. Some of the tiniest are the yoctometer, which is 10^-24 meters, and is 1 billion times smaller than a proton, and a planck, which is the only unit of measrement smaller than that. It is 100 billion times smaller than a yoctometer, or about 10^-35 meters. The radius of a black hole is thought to be 1 planck. Strings in the string theory are also approx. 1 planck. Science lesson over. Actually, there are several things smaller than picometers. Some of the tiniest are the yoctometer, which is 10^-24 meters, and is 1 billion times smaller than a proton, and a planck, which is the only unit of measrement smaller than that. It is 100 billion times smaller than a yoctometer, or about 10^-35 meters. The radius of a black hole is thought to be 1 planck. Strings in the string theory are also approx. 1 planck.

Science lesson over.

]]> By: Wendi http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-55 Wendi Fri, 07 May 2010 01:51:26 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-55 Nice, nice, and quite fascinating. Though, I wonder if a term will be devised for things even smaller than picometers, or something bigger than exparsec? There is an infinate level of space to anything if one thinks about it hard enough. I.E: Take a look at a strand of hair. Pretty thin, but if we were to take an atom and expand it to our size, get someone to stand on the nucleus...the distance between the electrons and the center would be miles apart! Just as the universe, everything is actually stakced on top of everything else really, in the terms of space and it's size, yet, because if our size, it seems they would be far apart. Philosophy can do weird, yet amazig things to one's mind! Nice, nice, and quite fascinating. Though, I wonder if a term will be devised for things even smaller than picometers, or something bigger than exparsec? There is an infinate level of space to anything if one thinks about it hard enough.

I.E: Take a look at a strand of hair. Pretty thin, but if we were to take an atom and expand it to our size, get someone to stand on the nucleus…the distance between the electrons and the center would be miles apart! Just as the universe, everything is actually stakced on top of everything else really, in the terms of space and it’s size, yet, because if our size, it seems they would be far apart.

Philosophy can do weird, yet amazig things to one’s mind!

]]> By: James http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-34 James Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:03:50 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-34 I'm actually not sure how many of those units we're going to use. That's just the table of units that I put in the game. For example, scientists estimate that the entire universe is 8.8x10^26 meters, or 28 gigaparsecs. So we're probably not going to go into using units bigger than gigaparsecs. I'm not sure how small we're going to go. The focus will definitely be on things that are of a scale that humans are better able to imagine (millimeters to kilometers), with less levels that take place in the two extremes. We don't have any consumable liquids yet. We can represent liquids using the standard object system that we use, but we're not going to have any kind of special liquid objects that behave like real fluids. I’m actually not sure how many of those units we’re going to use. That’s just the table of units that I put in the game. For example, scientists estimate that the entire universe is 8.8×10^26 meters, or 28 gigaparsecs. So we’re probably not going to go into using units bigger than gigaparsecs. I’m not sure how small we’re going to go. The focus will definitely be on things that are of a scale that humans are better able to imagine (millimeters to kilometers), with less levels that take place in the two extremes.

We don’t have any consumable liquids yet. We can represent liquids using the standard object system that we use, but we’re not going to have any kind of special liquid objects that behave like real fluids.

]]> By: Strawberry http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-33 Strawberry Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:05:14 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-33 Wow! We will start really small! I wonder what we can eat at that size... Also, I have a question. Will the grey goo be able to absorb liquids? Like if there was ink on a table and the grey goo started absorbing it and getting bigger. Wow! We will start really small! I wonder what we can eat at that size…
Also, I have a question. Will the grey goo be able to absorb liquids? Like if there was ink on a table and the grey goo started absorbing it and getting bigger.

]]> By: Iramatak http://blog.dingogames.com/units-of-measurement/comment-page-1#comment-29 Iramatak Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:41:41 +0000 http://blog.dingogames.com/?p=102#comment-29 Just a quick note, quite a few players will have played the katamari games, and that uses the metric system. Also, I was clueless scale-wise when it got to parsecs. Keep up the awesomeness! Just a quick note, quite a few players will have played the katamari games, and that uses the metric system.

Also, I was clueless scale-wise when it got to parsecs.

Keep up the awesomeness!

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