Comments on: What do you get when you have 6.022×10^23 moles? http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 13:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Oliver Ashford http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1499144 Oliver Ashford Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1499144 A messed up lawn? A messed up lawn?

]]> By: darrrrrrn http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1498346 darrrrrrn Sat, 04 Aug 2012 12:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1498346 I made a video of Carl Sagan investigating the science behind a Meat Planet a little while back:  http://youtu.be/ZP7K9SycELA I made a video of Carl Sagan investigating the science behind a Meat Planet a little while back:  http://youtu.be/ZP7K9SycELA

]]> By: renke http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497386 renke Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497386 good point. but I still believe that covering 3 of 4 What If's is boring and repetetive... good point.

but I still believe that covering 3 of 4 What If’s is boring and repetetive…

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497272 Rich Keller Fri, 03 Aug 2012 05:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497272 I just realized that if you used anchovies and sardines instead of moles, you could eventually drill for garum. I just realized that if you used anchovies and sardines instead of moles, you could eventually drill for garum.

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497114 Rich Keller Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497114 Everyone? There's an XKCD comic about that. http://xkcd.com/1053/  Everyone?
There’s an XKCD comic about that.

http://xkcd.com/1053/ 

]]> By: Incipient Madness http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497086 Incipient Madness Fri, 03 Aug 2012 00:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497086  I have a brain crush on her. Does she talk that fast in real life? Some people think she uses some type of digital compression, but I think she just drank a tiny amound of that Slkalosian water from Star Trek.  I have a brain crush on her. Does she talk that fast in real life? Some people think she uses some type of digital compression, but I think she just drank a tiny amound of that Slkalosian water from Star Trek.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497026 Boundegar Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497026 This planetoid of decomposing rodents is one of those ideas that really should not be followed to its conclusion.  Please. This planetoid of decomposing rodents is one of those ideas that really should not be followed to its conclusion.  Please.

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497015 Donald Petersen Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497015 Mine was a groaning Like, but a Like nonetheless. Mine was a groaning Like, but a Like nonetheless.

]]> By: Jerril http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497011 Jerril Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497011 And THAT reminds me of the "Can of ravioli vs star destroyer" thought experiment, illustrating near-C collisions for The Rest Of Us. Here, <a href="http://www.mit.edu/people/daveg/Humor/ravioli_as_gas" rel="nofollow">it's archived at MIT</a> but it originally appeared on the GURPSNet mailing list. Sadly the archives for this period on GURPSNet are dead, due to IIRC a server crash. Or possibly that time the Secret Service stole the servers. And THAT reminds me of the “Can of ravioli vs star destroyer” thought experiment, illustrating near-C collisions for The Rest Of Us.

Here, it’s archived at MIT but it originally appeared on the GURPSNet mailing list. Sadly the archives for this period on GURPSNet are dead, due to IIRC a server crash. Or possibly that time the Secret Service stole the servers.

]]> By: timquinn http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497008 timquinn Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497008 "mole", spanish for "sauce"  Waiter, I would like a mole of mole mole please. OK, would you like avogadros on it?  “mole”, spanish for “sauce” 

Waiter, I would like a mole of mole mole please.

OK, would you like avogadros on it? 

]]> By: avraamov http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1497005 avraamov Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1497005 this reminds me of that well known astrophysics problem - the 'cubic light year of cheese vs the sun energy comparison' http://exple.tive.org/blarg/?p=2898 this reminds me of that well known astrophysics problem – the ‘cubic light year of cheese vs the sun energy comparison’

http://exple.tive.org/blarg/?p=2898

]]> By: Kevin Pierce http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496940 Kevin Pierce Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496940 It was the interactive periodic table in one of the "first ever COLOR E-Ink readers": http://www.jetbookk12.com/jetbookcolor  I likes me the e-paper! It was the interactive periodic table in one of the “first ever COLOR E-Ink readers”:
http://www.jetbookk12.com/jetbookcolor 

I likes me the e-paper!

]]> By: Cyran0 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496898 Cyran0 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496898  I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. ;P  I think you’re making a mountain out of a molehill. ;P

]]> By: RedShirt77 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496895 RedShirt77 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496895  I was wondering how much heat a mole of moles would produce from its gravity well.  I wouidn't think the bacteria would be much of an issue.  I was wondering how much heat a mole of moles would produce from its gravity well.  I wouidn’t think the bacteria would be much of an issue.

]]> By: malindrome http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496893 malindrome Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496893 Ceti Moleman Six Ceti Moleman Six

]]> By: Jim Saul http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496841 Jim Saul Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496841 Was it the periodic table in the Breaking Bad titles? I thought this might be a reminder to use sunscreen and get a dermatologist exam. Was it the periodic table in the Breaking Bad titles?

I thought this might be a reminder to use sunscreen and get a dermatologist exam.

]]> By: Cristian Gutierrez Ibanez http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496816 Cristian Gutierrez Ibanez Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496816 The scientist in me compels me to tell you that moles are not rodents, as in they don't belong to the order rodentia. Moles just to be grouped in an order called insectivora. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insectivora But now we know that it was a poliphyletic group (meaning that not all member of the group where closely related). north american moles and other small mammals are now grouped in the order soricomorpha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soricomorpha but other moles , like golden moles belong to the order Chrysochloridea. which is distantly related to the other moles. The scientist in me compels me to tell you that moles are not rodents, as in they don’t belong to the order rodentia. Moles just to be grouped in an order called insectivora. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insectivora
But now we know that it was a poliphyletic group (meaning that not all member of the group where closely related). north american moles and other small mammals are now grouped in the order soricomorpha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soricomorpha but other moles , like golden moles belong to the order Chrysochloridea. which is distantly related to the other moles.

]]> By: show me http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496801 show me Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496801 It depends on how you get them there. If you just zap it into existence all at once you may not have this potential energy turning into heat. And if you say that's not very realistic, well... It depends on how you get them there. If you just zap it into existence all at once you may not have this potential energy turning into heat. And if you say that’s not very realistic, well…

]]> By: Jeffrey J. Hoover http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496798 Jeffrey J. Hoover Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496798 Now I really want to see this done by ViHart. There needs to be collaboration here. Now I really want to see this done by ViHart. There needs to be collaboration here.

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496786 Mitchell Glaser Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496786 sorry, I made that mars post on the wrong article sorry, I made that mars post on the wrong article

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496780 B E Pratt Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496780 1) Use a yoke. 2) No. 1) Use a yoke.
2) No.

]]> By: renke http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496776 renke Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496776 Cory, this is getting boring - by now everyone should be aware of What If... In an unrelated note: In German a Mole (the unit) is called Mol and MOL is the Hungarian abbreviation of Magyar Országos Levéltár, the national archive. So a Mol of MOLs could be the unit for LoCs on stereoids :) Cory, this is getting boring – by now everyone should be aware of What If…

In an unrelated note: In German a Mole (the unit) is called Mol and MOL is the Hungarian abbreviation of Magyar Országos Levéltár, the national archive. So a Mol of MOLs could be the unit for LoCs on stereoids :)

]]> By: Nathan http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496737 Nathan Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496737 I think we've just found the origin of Sagan's Meat Planet: http://youtu.be/ZP7K9SycELA I think we’ve just found the origin of Sagan’s Meat Planet: http://youtu.be/ZP7K9SycELA

]]> By: Sam Piip http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496734 Sam Piip Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496734 He did that last week, the new one is about the robot apocalypse that isn't. Be careful, your fanboyism is showing. He did that last week, the new one is about the robot apocalypse that isn’t. Be careful, your fanboyism is showing.

]]> By: angusm http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496732 angusm Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496732 If you pack them in tightly enough, they could collapse into a black mole. If you pack them in tightly enough, they could collapse into a black mole.

]]> By: Gary61 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496716 Gary61 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496716 holey moley!!!!! holey moley!!!!!

]]> By: theophrastvs http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496715 theophrastvs Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496715  Italian chemist goes sailing, the wind dies out, and he says....  Italian chemist goes sailing, the wind dies out, and he says….

]]> By: Mike Norman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496686 Mike Norman Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496686 One issue with this analysis is that it neglects what happens when you lower a mole of moles into the gravitational potential well created by, on average, half a mole of moles. Contrary to the article, the temperature will definitely be high enough to turn them into oil. If, that is, it's low enough to not turn them into plasma, first. One issue with this analysis is that it neglects what happens when you lower a mole of moles into the gravitational potential well created by, on average, half a mole of moles.

Contrary to the article, the temperature will definitely be high enough to turn them into oil. If, that is, it’s low enough to not turn them into plasma, first.

]]> By: Soren Schonbachler http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496683 Soren Schonbachler Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496683 Either way, were exploring space! Either way, were exploring space!

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/08/02/what-do-you-get-when-you-have.html#comment-1496677 Mitchell Glaser Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=174542#comment-1496677 How much mole can a mole of moles eat? How much mole can a mole of moles eat?

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