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Re: 1 million tests per month
Posted By: Stephen L. (SoundEffect) <soundeffect@hotmail.com>Date: 4/3/08 4:10 p.m.

In Response To: Re: 1 million tests per month (scarab)


: In our world its an exact figure because a guy in Bungie thought it up.

: I like to think that the beam tower discharges were test firings. It would be
: pretty cool because when you first see the pulses going up into the sky
: you wonder what they are. You are also wondering what the ring is for at
: the same time.

: So its cool if you are actually seeing what the ring is all about: a gun
: pointed at the head of the universe, and its still smoking. You wouldn't
: appreciate it at the time but you'd make the connection later when
: Sparky(?) says his line.

: 1.2 trillion seems a bit low. IMS Its ~ 22 tests per minute. If the beam
: tower was firing every 16 seconds then that's just a bit shy of 4 per
: minute. There would only be ~ 5 beam towers involved in the tests and what
: are the odds that you would land near one of them?

: Unless they mean the other trillion but that's a million times larger. Thats
: ~ 5 million beam towers. What is the surface area of the ring? What area
: does a beam tower occupy? How far apart would they be?

: The exact figure per minute is 22.83105022 83105022 83105022 83105...
: or 22.83105022r

The land surface area of a Halo is about 9.9 million square km....oh, wait, was that rhetorical? I can probably estimate the footprint of a Halo 1 beam tower if you ask nicely...

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1.2 trillion simulated and one actual[AMS] GreyThor 4/2/08 1:42 a.m.
     Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actualscarab 4/2/08 7:46 a.m.
     Re: 1.2 trillion simulated and one actualSimpsons Rule 4/2/08 8:10 a.m.
           I wonder if that's American trillions?Eddy 071 4/2/08 9:12 a.m.
                 Re: NevermindEddy 071 4/2/08 9:29 a.m.
                       Re: NevermindLouis Wu 4/2/08 9:34 a.m.
                             Re: Nevermindscarab 4/2/08 1:29 p.m.
                                   Re: Nevermindelpolloguapo 4/2/08 4:04 p.m.
                                         Re: NevermindStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/2/08 6:28 p.m.
                                               Re: Nevermindelpolloguapo 4/2/08 7:38 p.m.
                       T3h S3rch to the rescueAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 10:15 a.m.
                             Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueLouis Wu 4/2/08 10:21 a.m.
                                   Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueAnton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 10:42 a.m.
                                         Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueJillybean 4/2/08 4:13 p.m.
                                               Re: T3h S3rch to the rescueSimpsons Rule 4/2/08 7:25 p.m.
                                                     A brief history of blue beamsJillybean 4/4/08 8:47 a.m.
                                                           Valhalla? *SP*GatchamanUK 4/4/08 3:50 p.m.
                 :(...stan 4/2/08 10:12 a.m.
                       Re: :(...Grimlock 4/2/08 10:21 a.m.
                             It's not the size of your trillion...tucsonbatman 4/2/08 11:20 a.m.
                                   Re: It's not the size of your trillion...Cthulhu117 4/2/08 2:07 p.m.
                                         Re: It's not the size of your trillion...elpolloguapo 4/2/08 4:08 p.m.
                 Re: I wonder if that's American trillions?ACEfanatic02 4/2/08 2:25 p.m.
                       Umm...stan 4/2/08 3:09 p.m.
                             Re: Umm...Simpsons Rule 4/2/08 3:13 p.m.
                                   Ah...stan 4/2/08 4:46 p.m.
                             Re: Umm...Louis Wu 4/2/08 3:13 p.m.
                             "Debt ceiling" *NM*Anton P. Nym (aka Steve) 4/2/08 3:46 p.m.
     1 million tests per monthscarab 4/2/08 2:22 p.m.
           Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/2/08 6:26 p.m.
                 Re: 1 million tests per monthscarab 4/3/08 1:38 a.m.
                       Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/3/08 4:10 p.m.
                             Re: 1 million tests per monthscarab 4/3/08 4:44 p.m.
                                   Re: 1 million tests per monthStephen L. (SoundEffect) 4/3/08 6:48 p.m.
                                         You, good sir, are a genius *NM*elpolloguapo 4/3/08 8:03 p.m.



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