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- helix400, on 10/12/2007, -1/+95Neat enough to digg, despite some mistakes.
That proton is too big in comparison to the election. A proton is 1000 times more *massive* than an electron, not 1000 times wider. So if an electron takes up one cubic pixel, then a proton would only need to only be about 12.4 pixels across. (This way, the volume is 4/3 * pi * 6.2^3 = roughly 1000 cubic pixels).
Then, since a hydrogen atom has a diameter that is 100000 times wider than a proton's diameter, that means a hydrogen atom corresponds to a 1,240,000 pixel diameter (12.4 pixels * 100000 = 1240000 pixels). Halving that for a radius to determine how far away the electron is, you have 620,000 pixels. And, at 72 pixels to an inch, you have 8611 inches, which is 717 feet, or just over 1/8th of a mile.
So, if an electron is the size of a pixel, then the proton is much much smaller than what is displayed on this web page. And the electron is not 11 miles away, it's 1/8th of a mile.
(Note, all this assumes you can treat electron diameters in such a simple way. It tends to get more complicated than that.) - itsmekirby, on 10/12/2007, -0/+84This page isn't as fun when you have a dead pixel.
- UGM2099, on 10/12/2007, -0/+59.electron { margin-left: 11mi; }
? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+57I am going to put that on a tshirt.. now I have a reason to get extremely obese
- mike667, on 10/12/2007, -10/+61one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. but maybe thats just the ganja talking :)
- davidleeroth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+52*print*
- SoulMaster2, on 10/12/2007, -3/+52several million atoms would have to be in the same position for that to happen, you have a better chance of winning the lottery while getting struck by three bolts of lightning
- stlcadet11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45holy! look at that page source
...black.gif, black.gif, black.gif.... - Charlotte_Web, on 10/12/2007, -3/+47Fortunately, the resolution of my monitor is 50,000,000 by 1024, so I was able to see the whole thing without scrolling.
- expertninja, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42At least he has a nice arrow pointing to the electron at the end. Very considerate of him to help us out like that after scrolling through ELEVEN FREAKING MILES of complete darkness.
- helix400, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35Looking through more sites, its obvious other people can rightly nit-pick my post to death. For example, a proton is more actually about 1838 times more massive than an electron.
Also, there is a wild amount of variety in estimating the diameter of an electron. One site flat out stated an electron's diameter is 1000 times less than a protons. While others have an electron being roughly the same size of the proton.
Anyways, the point is, pick a sphere, and your electron will be 50000 times further than the sphere's diameter. So yes, if the proton was as big as it was in the web page, the electron would be 11 miles away (but the electron would probably be bigger than a pixel). - ehpexs, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36Has this ever happened before because it would make a great YouTube video. lol
- zephc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+31.electron { margin-left: 696960in }
should work :-) - VeganG, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Holy H-scroll, Batman!
- IQ70, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Even if they were in the same position static at the same time, it would require huge force (energy) to overcome the forces that hold them together within the molecular structure for two objects to go through each other.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27if you wanted to scroll page by page, you would have to scroll past 2000 images, each of which are 25,000 pixels wide, aka 50 MILLION pixels. If you have a 1280 wide screen, that is 39,062 PAGES.
Yes, people, if you have a 1280 wide screen, then you are scrolling **39,062 pages**
(Pages=50,000,000 / (your screen width))
If you want to bu uber precise, you could subtract the width of the scroll bar in your browser from thw screen width, but it's 3AM and I'm tired. - lateralus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+25I've seen MySpace pages roughly that wide.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2422 pages to the right to move the slider at the bottom 1 pixel on a 1280 wide screen
- ieatrocks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+22Get an old dot matrix, a huge box of paper, set the layout to landscape and give'r.
- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21SCIENCE!
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21LOL
so CSS now supports units such as Miles?? awesome!
/yes, i'm kidding :P - gypsyjoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19All matter is table-based?
- DeathByWombat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19at least you'll be surrounded by your peers
- martynda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Come on.... he made a webpage 11 miles wide. The sheer genius/stupidity/interest or however you want to interpret this deserves a digg. It' not the prettiest code or the most accurate information, but the page is 11 MILES long.
Bring on the "i can do this in 3 lines of code" comments, but he was the first from what I've seen. Almost as stupid/genius as the milliondollarhomepage.com. - cyrix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Your great great grand kids social security would expire before it ever finished.
- eklitzke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Yes it is possible for two atoms to "pass through each other." But your description made absolutely no sense, and has nothing whatsoever to do with the atoms "spinning" (whatever that means in the quantum context). It's called tunneling, and it's how electron microscopes work. More information at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_tunneling
- SIBerger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14try that with a trackpad! :D
I felt like my fingers were on a treadmill. - jguy584, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Its electromagnitism that keeps atoms from moving through each other.
- Virak, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14You must've missed the '0.999... = 1' story. Trust me, it can't get much worse.
- Eeqmcsq, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14I think he meant scrolling with the arrows.
- soroush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I wish I could tell how fast that electron was moving.
- eklitzke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Aren't you assuming that electrons and protons have the same density? AFAIK this isn't possible to calculate (at least not in a meaningful way) because electrons aren't discrete objects, they're just mathematical solutions to the Schrodinger equation :-)
- BlackSheepx, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13Stop using IE then :) (only works in firefox for me, which isnt a problem)
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Here is about a mile vertically..
the worlds tallest virtual building
http://www.mrwong.de/myhouse/
and this si the worlds longest webpage listed in guiness.. warning the first page is the last english you will see
http://www.recordholders.org/de/laengste/index_en.htm - sethkinast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Heh, look at the page's source.
Talk about hacking it in :D
Poor IE. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Wow. This was definitely interesting. And to think, I thought that space is unconceivably large. This is the same thing, but in reverse. Totally dugg.
- zone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I love it, but there should be some kind of ruler or signs, so that you know how fast you are scrolling.
- invader, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10hmm.. my IE displayed it as being about 5000 pixels wide... good thing i have firefox handy to properly view important pages, like this one. :-)
- Indrek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Good thing my touchpad has coasting. I just set it to roll, go out to have lunch and come back two hours later, just in time to see the electron roll onto the screen.
- kekasd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8http://www.deepskyfrontier.com/
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Thats no proton... thats neptune. dont know what that dot is 11 million miles away.
http://www.astrosurf.org/lombry/Images/neptune.jpg
he did use the picture above if you notice. - HanSolo69, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7man, i thought this was the official website for the sequel to "8 Mile"
- breakneckridge, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8There is no matter in that 'empty' space but it is full of incredibly strong forces that would repel any other atom that came close. So 1 atom cannot pass through another in the way you describe.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11This is all just a theory. Like evolution, global warming and gravity. When will these crazy physicists stop with their nutty dogma?!?
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6It was probably just easier to code. His source code's sloppy enough. I think a vast array of line breaks would just make things worse.
- GeneralFailure, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Diggers can't recognize sarcasm for beans.
- eklitzke, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8The responses by SoulMaster2 and IQ70 don't make sense for the same reason. Tunneling has *nothing* to do with atoms lining up with each other properly, and particles can tunnel beyond classical energy barriers. e.g. it is possible for a 3 MeV electron to tunnel past a 5 MeV energy well.
- mookieXL, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6I feel so... empty
- Eeqmcsq, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I wonder how many monitors side by side it would take to show the whole page.
- lotrfan7007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Ok, whoever is modding you down clearly doesn't get the joke. I'll give them a hint, think about the heisenberg uncertainty principle. It's honestly funny.
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