Yes - Because if the universe is a regular sphere, then what is outside the sphere? This is the kind of stuff that college students talk about, over strong drink in dorm or co-op rooms until way past midnight, and then have nightmares about it for the next month. Such thinking (and associated nightmares) usually end for the students when they get lucky in other ways.
Carleton From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Potts Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 04:38 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:44091] RE: 285 yottametres Grammatically, yes. Numerically, I don't know. Seriously, though, if someone has provided the diameter in either light years or parsecs, a conversion is simple arithmetic. You realize, of course, that you may be dealing with a hypersphere, in which case, wherever you are, you're always at the center (or hypercenter). If that's so, I'm not sure where the hypersurface of the hypersphere is. As a diameter is twice the distance from the center to the surface (or hypercenter to hypersurface), all I can do is quote Mr. Gumby (of Monty Python fame) and say that my brain hurts. L Bill _____ Bill Potts WFP <http://wfpconsulting.com/> Consulting Roseville, CA http://metric1.org <http://metric1.org/> [SI Navigator] _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pat Naughtin Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 22:16 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:44089] 285 yottametres Dear All, I wonder if you would mind checking a calculation for me. I want to write: 'The Universe is approximately 285 yottametres in diameter.' Is this correct? Cheers, Pat Naughtin PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com <http://www.metricationmatters.com/> for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
