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MrGameZone at 04:34, 7 August 2014

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108.162.215.84: log scale

2014-02-16T23:10:56Z

log scale

Pennpenn at 05:20, 30 January 2014

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Jolbucley at 04:31, 29 January 2014

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Dgbrt at 16:18, 27 October 2013

2013-10-27T16:18:44Z

75.69.96.225: Question

2013-10-27T01:22:24Z

Question

Tryc at 15:05, 13 September 2013

2013-09-13T15:05:19Z

207.126.189.4: Looks like Google Earth resolution will surpass actual resolution by 2120... must have "Google Eyes" (TM) to experience better than actual resolution ~~~~dabeansdad

2013-05-20T17:31:17Z

Looks like Google Earth resolution will surpass actual resolution by 2120*... *must have "Google Eyes" (TM) to experience better than actual resolution ~~~~dabeansdad

24.251.209.253 at 03:40, 16 May 2013

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149.161.34.44 at 20:50, 1 May 2013

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	Randall is wrong: Google Earth does not gain resolution exponentially, but logistically. Admittedly, that's somewhat less funny. --[[User:Jolbucley\|Jolbucley]] ([[User talk:Jolbucley\|talk]]) 04:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)		Randall is wrong: Google Earth does not gain resolution exponentially, but logistically. Admittedly, that's somewhat less funny. --[[User:Jolbucley\|Jolbucley]] ([[User talk:Jolbucley\|talk]]) 04:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
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		+	Why isn't the new version uploaded? <small>[[User:MrGameZone\|0100011101100001011011010110010101011010011011110110111001100101]] ([[User talk:MrGameZone\|talk page]])</small> 04:34, 7 August 2014 (UTC)

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	:"A simple example [of a logarithmic scale] is a chart whose vertical or horizontal axis has equally spaced increments that are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4." Taken from wikipedia's article titled "Logarithmic scale". [[Special:Contributions/24.251.209.253\|24.251.209.253]] 03:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)		:"A simple example [of a logarithmic scale] is a chart whose vertical or horizontal axis has equally spaced increments that are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4." Taken from wikipedia's article titled "Logarithmic scale". [[Special:Contributions/24.251.209.253\|24.251.209.253]] 03:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
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		+	:"Log scale" means that each jump of 10X is an each distance on the paper. It does not mean that there is a tick mark at every jump of 10X. It does not even mean that there are any tick marks. He put one tick mark at every third jump of 10X. One tick mark represents 3 jumps of 10X, for a total of 10X 10X 10X = 1000X.[[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.84\|108.162.215.84]] 23:10, 16 February 2014 (UTC)

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 Shouldn't the vertical axis be reversed?  If the Planck length is the theoretical smallest length, wouldn't most readers expect the smallest value to be lowest on the vertical axis?  Thus the log scale line would angle downward, more clearly indicating that the resolution lengthy is getting smaller with time.  The way it it is drawn, the first impression might be that the resolution length is increasing, not decreasing.  Just a suggestion. XKCD is my favorite comic because I learn something new almost every day! {{unsigned|Matthew-e-hackman}}
 : I had the same thought.  Had to pause a moment to reassure myself Planck Length is a small thing. [[Special:Contributions/67.51.59.66|67.51.59.66]] 16:48, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
 Randall really likes pointing out the dangers of excessive extrapolation, doesn't he! One of his key themes. And this one is taking extremes to the extreme. [[User:Robbak|Robbak]] ([[User talk:Robbak|talk]]) 13:00, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

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	Can someone please explain why the Plank length being the resolution of the universe is a "myth", as it says in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/75.69.96.225\|75.69.96.225]] 01:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)		Can someone please explain why the Plank length being the resolution of the universe is a "myth", as it says in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/75.69.96.225\|75.69.96.225]] 01:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
	:Thanks for your hint. It isn't a myth but fact in quantum mechanics. It's fixed.--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 16:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)		:Thanks for your hint. It isn't a myth but fact in quantum mechanics. It's fixed.--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 16:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Randall is wrong: Google Earth does not gain resolution exponentially, but logistically. Admittedly, that's somewhat less funny. --[[User:Jolbucley\|Jolbucley]] ([[User talk:Jolbucley\|talk]]) 04:31, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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	Can someone please explain why the Plank length being the resolution of the universe is a "myth", as it says in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/75.69.96.225\|75.69.96.225]] 01:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)		Can someone please explain why the Plank length being the resolution of the universe is a "myth", as it says in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/75.69.96.225\|75.69.96.225]] 01:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)
		+	:Thanks for your hint. It isn't a myth but fact in quantum mechanics. It's fixed.--[[User:Dgbrt\|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt\|talk]]) 16:18, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

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	Looks like Google Earth resolution will surpass actual resolution by 2120*...		Looks like Google Earth resolution will surpass actual resolution by 2120*...
	*must have "Google Eyes" (TM) to experience better than actual resolution [[Special:Contributions/207.126.189.4\|207.126.189.4]] 17:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)dabeansdad		*must have "Google Eyes" (TM) to experience better than actual resolution [[Special:Contributions/207.126.189.4\|207.126.189.4]] 17:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)dabeansdad
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		+	Can someone please explain why the Plank length being the resolution of the universe is a "myth", as it says in the explanation? [[Special:Contributions/75.69.96.225\|75.69.96.225]] 01:22, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

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	Whoa i just figured. the lines meet around 2100 - and in 2101.war was beginning - a coincidence? --[[Special:Contributions/178.203.192.19\|178.203.192.19]] 20:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)		Whoa i just figured. the lines meet around 2100 - and in 2101.war was beginning - a coincidence? --[[Special:Contributions/178.203.192.19\|178.203.192.19]] 20:25, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
		+	: Remember, [[286: All Your Base]]. [[User:Tryc\|Tryc]] ([[User talk:Tryc\|talk]]) 15:05, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

	"Shouldn't the vertical axis be reversed?" I would say no. As the smallest resolvable detail shrinks, people refer to resolution as increasing, so a rising line makes sense. Maybe the axis should be denominated in pixels per meter though... [[User:Gardnertoo\|Gardnertoo]] ([[User talk:Gardnertoo\|talk]]) 15:19, 27 April 2013 (UTC)		"Shouldn't the vertical axis be reversed?" I would say no. As the smallest resolvable detail shrinks, people refer to resolution as increasing, so a rising line makes sense. Maybe the axis should be denominated in pixels per meter though... [[User:Gardnertoo\|Gardnertoo]] ([[User talk:Gardnertoo\|talk]]) 15:19, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

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	:"A simple example [of a logarithmic scale] is a chart whose vertical or horizontal axis has equally spaced increments that are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4." Taken from wikipedia's article titled "Logarithmic scale". [[Special:Contributions/24.251.209.253\|24.251.209.253]] 03:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)		:"A simple example [of a logarithmic scale] is a chart whose vertical or horizontal axis has equally spaced increments that are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4." Taken from wikipedia's article titled "Logarithmic scale". [[Special:Contributions/24.251.209.253\|24.251.209.253]] 03:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
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		+	Looks like Google Earth resolution will surpass actual resolution by 2120*...
		+	*must have "Google Eyes" (TM) to experience better than actual resolution [[Special:Contributions/207.126.189.4\|207.126.189.4]] 17:31, 20 May 2013 (UTC)dabeansdad

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	"Each tick in the scale represents a resolution improvement by 1000x." Am I being dense, or does the term "log scale" necessarily mean jumps of 10x? [[Special:Contributions/149.161.34.44\|149.161.34.44]] 20:50, 1 May 2013 (UTC)		"Each tick in the scale represents a resolution improvement by 1000x." Am I being dense, or does the term "log scale" necessarily mean jumps of 10x? [[Special:Contributions/149.161.34.44\|149.161.34.44]] 20:50, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
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		+	:"A simple example [of a logarithmic scale] is a chart whose vertical or horizontal axis has equally spaced increments that are labeled 1, 10, 100, 1000, instead of 1, 2, 3, 4." Taken from wikipedia's article titled "Logarithmic scale". [[Special:Contributions/24.251.209.253\|24.251.209.253]] 03:40, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

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	"The images get finer as satellite imaging technology improves" - this is wrong; however, I have no idea currently how to rewite the sentence elegantly, maybe someone else does. The Google Maps/Earth finer images do not come from satellites, but are obtained by aerial photography. No commercial satellite can produce such images (maybe military ones come close - just maybe). In fact, Randall has written about that: http://what-if.xkcd.com/32/ [[Special:Contributions/89.174.214.74\|89.174.214.74]] 13:19, 29 April 2013 (UTC)		"The images get finer as satellite imaging technology improves" - this is wrong; however, I have no idea currently how to rewite the sentence elegantly, maybe someone else does. The Google Maps/Earth finer images do not come from satellites, but are obtained by aerial photography. No commercial satellite can produce such images (maybe military ones come close - just maybe). In fact, Randall has written about that: http://what-if.xkcd.com/32/ [[Special:Contributions/89.174.214.74\|89.174.214.74]] 13:19, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
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		+	"Each tick in the scale represents a resolution improvement by 1000x." Am I being dense, or does the term "log scale" necessarily mean jumps of 10x? [[Special:Contributions/149.161.34.44\|149.161.34.44]] 20:50, 1 May 2013 (UTC)