Roundest Object In the World Created 509
holy_calamity writes "An international research group has created the most perfect spheres ever made, in a bid to pin down a definition of the kilogram. It should be possible to count exactly the number of atoms in one of the roughly 9cm silicon spheres to define the unit. Currently the kilogram is defined only by a 120-year-old lump of platinum in Paris, but its mass is changing relative to copies held elsewhere. Other SI units have more systematic definitions."
Wishing... (Score:4, Funny)
The hubris of man (Score:5, Funny)
Finally (Score:5, Funny)
No one will be able to claim that a game of pool, snooker or soccer was won because the ball wasn't round enough...
Re:anyone (Score:5, Funny)
Does anyone here want to inform CmdrTaco that boobs shouldn't be perfectly spherical, and in fact, it's preferable if they're not?
It's not his fault. He watched a lot of Baywatch. He doesn't know any better.
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
In other news... (Score:5, Funny)
In a press release today, Sir Mix-A-Lot is quoted as saying that, by viewing this object, "You get sprung", as well as "[wanting to] pull up tough" because of the perfect shape of the object.
He was later quoted as saying that "I like'em round and big, And when I'm throwin a gig, I just can't help myself". Clearly, he is an aficionado for perfectly round objects.
* my captcha was "beating", which is what I deserve for the 90's reference.
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Re:Wishing... (Score:2, Funny)
Well, those spheres are made of silicon...
Re:Cleanroom? (Score:4, Funny)
Just wipe it off with some kleenex.
Metric... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
wow (Score:1, Funny)
Ah Ha! Take that! (Score:5, Funny)
So I'm not getting fatter, it's the kilogram that's getting slender!
Re:Wishing... (Score:4, Funny)
I have read "Roundest Object In the World Created " and immediately thought "CowboyNeal".
You know, roughly (Score:5, Funny)
"First we create a perfect sphere, then we count the number of atoms exactly - and we get a kilogram standard!"
"Alright... so how big do we make this sphere?"
"Oh you know.. roughly 9 cm, give or take."
Re:Metric... (Score:4, Funny)
Perhaps it's due to the changing masses of ducks? I'm just sayin'...
Re:The hubris of man (Score:5, Funny)
No mere human will never be able to accomplish what God did with Jennifer Lopez's ass.
Perhaps not, but we are interested in pinning down the exact measurement of the kilogram, not the metric ton.
Vague AC/DC Reference (Score:5, Funny)
Deiseil or widdershins
What matters is their smoothness
Reflects what's on your chins.
Burma Shave
pi (Score:4, Funny)
Does this also pin down the value of pi? I mean, they know exactly how many silicon atoms are on the surface of the sphere, and they know exactly how many atoms there are from the center to the surface.
hmm.
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Finally (Score:5, Funny)
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It *is* based on measurable quantity... (Score:4, Funny)
A kilogram is defined as exactly 2.20462262 pounds of pure water at pressure of 100 kPa (1 bar) and a temperature of 273.15 K. :)
I beg to differ (Score:4, Funny)
The roundescht object in the world isch your mother, Trebek.
Re:Wishing... (Score:3, Funny)
Yea, but I've seen more worst cases of grammatical error on Slashdot.
Re:Wishing... (Score:2, Funny)
No. I thought we've already created the roundest object in the world:
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
Precisely, roughly, about a kilo. (Score:4, Funny)
...has created the most perfect spheres ever made...
...roughly 9cm...
That precise eh?
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
There is beauty in many different breast shapes, though everyone will have their preferences. I think any slashdotter with access to any kind of breasts would be pretty happy. Apart from the female ones, they probably aren't too fussed.
Sadly, I suspect that a great many slashdotters have breasts. Male or female...
Re:What's the problem? (Score:5, Funny)
why not use, say, electrons, as in 1kg=weight of 1.1xxxe30 electrons (at rest)?
They tried that, but when they charged their terafarad capacitor with 1e30 electrons so that they could calibrate their scale, somebody accidentally grounded it and the massive arc of current blew the roof off of the lab.
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
They are Dalek-bumps, you insensitive clod!
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
That explains how they can cope with living in their parents basements - if I had a decent set of breasts I could amuse myself for hours on end!
Re:What's the problem? (Score:4, Funny)
That is what they are doing. They are defining the kilogram as X silicon atoms.
Oh God! We're back to the earlier boobies thread again...
Re:It *is* based on measurable quantity... (Score:5, Funny)
So how do you define a pound?
My driver's license (a legal document!) says that I weigh 185 lbs. So, 1 lb is defined as my weight divided by 185.
Therefore, 1 kg = 2.20462262 * (1 gnick-weight) / 185. Was that so hard? A measurable quantity.
The only problem I see is that I don't to live out my days on some shelf in France.
Re:Finally (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Wishing... (Score:4, Funny)
7337 neologism
Your misspelling (misnumbering?) of 1337 is strangely appropriate.
Re:In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Simple (Score:4, Funny)
Re:The hubris of man (Score:1, Funny)
*shrug* may have a lot of hype, but it's certainly not unfounded..
How could anyone not find them; seeing as how big they are?
Re:Wishing... (Score:3, Funny)
What is teet?
What you walk on when your feef hurt.
How much more round could it be? (Score:5, Funny)
The answer is none.
None more round.
Definition of the kilogram? (Score:5, Funny)
It's 1024 grams, right? Easy definition.
Re:just add water (Score:3, Funny)
if the earth was to go boom, (and somehow live), we'd lose our reference.
I think in that case, we're gonna have other things to worry about than knowing the exact measurement of 1kg
Re:The hubris of man (Score:3, Funny)
This thread is like a couple of janitors on break discussing the merits of the 2008 models according Yachting magazine.
They might have the dinghies, but they'll never use them with the objects of discussion.
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)
> Honestly, as a married man I don't understand why anyone would think that...
>
> My first thought was of more efficient ball bearings
Thanks. I've printed this comment out and plan to show it to my friends when they bug me about why I'm not married.
Re:sphere (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wishing... (Score:4, Funny)
Dude. Have some standards.
Slashdotters are desperate but come on... a 7 digit UID? I think even having boobs might not quite save you from that to put you in the eyes of the nerds. :)
Re:Help Me Internet Physicist... (Score:3, Funny)
Problem being that if the balls were touching - well, it would be gay. Consequently, the answer is unimportant.
Re:Wishing... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Gravity Probe B has more Perfect Spheres (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Wishing... (Score:1, Funny)
Well, you're of course right for a true plane tangent to a sphere. However, a concave chest depression could be locally tangential to the boobspheres at every point over an area, "cupping" the boobspheres, and thus boobspheres may not fall off, though might need a deformed ribcage. (O
Re:You said that already (Score:3, Funny)
The pound is no more equivalent to the kilogram than Disney dollars are equivalent to US dollars.
Re:Wishing... (Score:5, Funny)