Comments on: One billion http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:26:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: daniel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73741 daniel Fri, 01 May 2009 22:33:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73741 Pundit, iSnort is pretty good. although the truly amazing thing is that it wasn't one of the many, many fart-noise applications. my suspicion is that it in fact was, and Apple deliberately waited until they had a more 'suitable' application for their press release. Amos, it is indeed my brother. he is living quite the life out on Maui. Pundit, iSnort is pretty good. although the truly amazing thing is that it wasn’t one of the many, many fart-noise applications. my suspicion is that it in fact was, and Apple deliberately waited until they had a more ’suitable’ application for their press release.

Amos, it is indeed my brother. he is living quite the life out on Maui.

]]> By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73714 Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) Fri, 01 May 2009 18:48:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73714 Hey. I just fixed up the busted YouTube link in The Science Pundit's comment. Game on! Also: Daniel, is that really your brother? Can't tell if you're just being wry... Hey. I just fixed up the busted YouTube link in The Science Pundit’s comment. Game on!

Also: Daniel, is that really your brother? Can’t tell if you’re just being wry…

]]> By: The Science Pundit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73695 The Science Pundit Fri, 01 May 2009 16:29:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73695 HTML FAIL! :-( HTML FAIL! :-(

]]> By: The Science Pundit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73694 The Science Pundit Fri, 01 May 2009 16:28:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73694 Gee, I would have thought that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j-DGrWry6k" rel="nofollow">iSnort</a> would be the one billionth download--after all, it's highly addictive. ;-) Gee, I would have thought that iSnort would be the one billionth download–after all, it’s highly addictive. ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73672 Mike Fri, 01 May 2009 13:21:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73672 The Wikipedia visualization of a billion, while clever and good-intentioned, suffers from disregarding a common human bias: the underestimation of volume (even area!). I would guess most people would get a clearer impression of 1B if, instead of a sequence of three 10x10x10 cubes, they saw a sequence of nine bars of 10 cubes. The Wikipedia visualization of a billion, while clever and good-intentioned, suffers from disregarding a common human bias: the underestimation of volume (even area!).

I would guess most people would get a clearer impression of 1B if, instead of a sequence of three 10×10x10 cubes, they saw a sequence of nine bars of 10 cubes.

]]> By: CoffeeCupContrails http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/comment-page-1/#comment-73616 CoffeeCupContrails Fri, 01 May 2009 03:50:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/04/30/one-billion/#comment-73616 Two very powerful memes... one addictive, the other captivating. both hot... and what WAS your brother doing hanging out with Lohan? Two very powerful memes… one addictive, the other captivating. both hot… and what WAS your brother doing hanging out with Lohan?

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