that"s *huge*!

iban

19th August 2006 - 09:21 PM

http://www.physorg.com/news75131830.html

"only a few billions of millimeters in size"?

a billion millimeters is a hundred million centimeters (more if you"re a brit, where a billion is sometimes a million million)

that"s a million meters, or a thousand kilometers. so it"s "only" a few thousand kilometers in size?

what happened to good copy editing?

NanoScientist

21st August 2006 - 07:46 PM

despite the obvious typo by someone who has NO CONCEPT of nano or math.

just think - bacteria capable of growing palladium crystals 1 km across (using the standard of 1 billion mm = 1 km) - definately impressive!!!

555Joshua

24th August 2006 - 11:38 AM

Boy, you must be talking about my d!ck.

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