I ignored that kind of detail, plus the change in distance between the sun and AC over time. If you're going to scale it down to a grain of sand, I thought that reasonable :)
On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:19 PM, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Well if I can recall correctly some arcane information imparted long ago, > Alpha Centauri is a binary star system, and each would technically be a sun; > but I’m not sure how far apart they are. **** > > Have I missed a trick question? My excuse: I’m recovering from some > expensive dental torture this afternoon. **** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > **Ian Thomas** > Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** > ------------------------------ > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Greg Keogh > *Sent:* Thursday, July 14, 2011 1:17 PM > *To:* 'ozDotNet' > *Subject:* RE: [OT] Renting a data projector**** > > ** ** > > >If you fancy a flight to Perth and back you can borrow it for the weekend, > but I need it back by the 27th. :)**** > > ** ** > > After an hour of searching and searching and searching (I think search > engines are broken!) I finally found a place about 4 suburbs away from home > that will do a weekend deal for the projector and screen for $150 from > Friday to Monday. The worst thing in web searching these days are those > “fake search engine” sites that intercept your request, reformat it > unreadably and recommend stupid results which are probably just paid > advertising. I think there was some furore a few months ago when Google said > they’d block these irritating sites in their search results. I hope they do. > **** > > ** ** > > It’s not Friday, but here is a quiz question I’m going to ask people on > Saturday night. Using only mental calculations and guestimates ...**** > > ** ** > > *If our sun was the size of grain of coarse beach sand (about 0.7mm > across), at that scale how far would it be to our close neighbour star Alpha > Centauri where the Space Family Robinson blasted off for back in 1997?* > > ** ** > > Greg**** > -- Meski http://courteous.ly/aAOZcv "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. Sure, you'll get it, but it's going to be rough" - Adam Hills
