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Roundest Object In the World Created
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."
Did anyone else read "An international research group has created the most perfect spheres ever made" and think boobs?
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No one will be able to claim that a game of pool, snooker or soccer was won because the ball wasn't round enough...
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Does anyone here want to inform CmdrTaco that boobs shouldn't be perfectly spherical, and in fact, it's preferable if they're not?
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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.
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In other news... these same scientists are hosting the BEST GAME OF PONG EVER this weekend!
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So the metric system, which is touted as being so much more accurate than the measurements we here in the U.S. know and love is has a measurement that is based on a disappearing lump of metal? The only logical conclusion one can draw from this disclosure is that the metric system is magic, and should be burned at the stake.
I guess silicone is the solution for everything that deforms. What? Oh, silicon...
So I'm not getting fatter, it's the kilogram that's getting slender!
"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."
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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.
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. :)
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...has created the most perfect spheres ever made...
...roughly 9cm...
That precise eh?
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.
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...
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Just define the KG in terms of pounds at 1 G. Do Americans have to solve all of France's problems for them?
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The answer is none.
None more round.
It's 1024 grams, right? Easy definition.
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
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Funny how they refer to it being a "roughly 9cm" sphere. All that effort to just say "screw it, call it 9cm and let's get out of here."
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Problem being that if the balls were touching - well, it would be gay. Consequently, the answer is unimportant.
Okay, but are those metric or Imperial Earths?
The pound is the kilogram's bitch. When the kg says bend over, the lb presents it's tight little ass for a pounding.
The pound is no more equivalent to the kilogram than Disney dollars are equivalent to US dollars.
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