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OzOz · 05-08-2009, 04:12 PM

It is pretty cool, being able to see one decay out of so many atoms. Even doing things like moving individual atoms around to draw pictures (like the IBM logo the first time someone did this back in the late '80's) still amazes me.

I guess octillion is usable. For instance, one octillion water molecules is only around 66 pounds, so the average person would drink around 0.06 octillion water molecules each day. Granted you would get some funny looks if you asked someone for an octillion atomic mass units of water (a bit under four pounds, I think).

05-08-2009, 04:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
OzOz Psycho Location: Right here, right now.	It is pretty cool, being able to see one decay out of so many atoms. Even doing things like moving individual atoms around to draw pictures (like the IBM logo the first time someone did this back in the late '80's) still amazes me. I guess octillion is usable. For instance, one octillion water molecules is only around 66 pounds, so the average person would drink around 0.06 octillion water molecules each day. Granted you would get some funny looks if you asked someone for an octillion atomic mass units of water (a bit under four pounds, I think). __________________ Maybe you should put some shorts on or something, if you wanna keep fighting evil today.