NationStates Jolt Archive

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/15/australia.spheres.reut/index.html

Wow! I'm almost jealous. ;)

Scientist Achim Leistner measures the roundness of a sphere.

I have no idea why that sounds funny... but it does.

Too.many.jokes....abort typewriter, abort typewriter

Aaaaaggghhhh

...a team of Sydney scientists and engineers will grind and polish two silvery balls, each weighing precisely one kilogram, with imperfections of less than 35 millionths of a millimeter.

Mine have imperfections of less than 34 millionths of a millimeter so ha!

...which, coincidentally, is the same size as my....

Too.many.jokes....abort typewriter, abort typewriter

Aaaaaggghhhh



Mine have imperfections of less than 34 millionths of a millimeter so ha!

...which, coincidentally, is the same size as my....

:eek:

Those guys have some balls. :D

The two balls will take 12 weeks to create and, because they are made from a stable element, they will not fall victim to moisture, corrosion and contamination...

I don't know about anyone else, but I got a good chuckle out of that...

*watches mind float down the gutter*

I thought you might be talking about Purity Balls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdM5sDXPu9w). Those are just spooky.

wow...their life's work is "grinding balls".....lolz

I thought you might be talking about Purity Balls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdM5sDXPu9w). Those are just spooky.

"The Purity Ball... It's a ball."

What was it? 150 million dollars in abstinance programs? Those are MY tax-dollar at work!?

I knew the goverment wasted money... but abstinance programs? Come on...

Man that is some stupid stuff.

"The Purity Ball... It's a ball."

What was it? 150 million dollars in abstinance programs? Those are MY tax-dollar at work!?

I knew the goverment wasted money... but abstinance programs? Come on...

Man that is some stupid stuff.

It's more like your tax dollars going to friends and cronies of the current administration, and sadly, the Democrats went along with them on it this year. No defending them on it.

It's more like your tax dollars going to friends and cronies of the current administration, and sadly, the Democrats went along with them on it this year. No defending them on it.

Typical Democrats.

The Republicans fuck things up and the Democrats want something else but with little idea on how to achieve it.

Some balls are held for charity, some for fancy dress, but balls held for pleasure, are the balls I love best.:cool:

...why do I have an urge to hit them with a hammer?

...why do I have an urge to hit them with a hammer?

You're gonna make some lucky man happy.:rolleyes:

...why do I have an urge to hit them with a hammer?

Ball imperfection envy. *nod*

How does one go about growing silicone crystals?

I'm a Dragon. Our "balls" are internal.

That, and I have some perverse urge to waste their 12 weeks of grinding. >_>

Those scientists must be having a ball.

I'm not jealous. There's might have less perfections, but mine are bigger.

I'm not jealous. There's might have less perfections, but mine are bigger.

Mine are also international standards but for a very different reason. :)

I'm not jealous. There's might have less perfections, but mine are bigger.

Elephantiatis? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantiatis) :eek::eek:

Mine are also international standards but for a very different reason. :)
I'm afraid to ask
Elephantiatis? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephantiatis) :eek::eek:

Nah, mine are all natural.

I'm afraid to ask


Nah, mine are all natural.

Pants must be a bitch.

Every time you grind balls, god kills a kitten.

Pants must be a bitch.

Kilts are the way to go.

Hmph. Damned Colonials. They should bring it to us, damn it! They belong to us, after all, part of the Emparh! Colonials...hmph.

Pity they don't tell us what it would be like scaled-up. Current recordholders, as I recall, are NASAs spaceballs, which, if scaled up to the size of the Earth, would have a maximum topographical change of 1.5m.

Australian scientists have the most expertise in grinding near-perfect spheres

Never knew that about you guys.;)

what did everyone get tired of trying to cure cancer?

what did everyone get tired of trying to cure cancer?

:confused:


Wuh?

I thought you might be talking about Purity Balls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdM5sDXPu9w). Those are just spooky.

Thoes things creep me the hell out who does that to their kid?

"Its natural for dad to take me out on dates" *shudder*

:confused:


Wuh?

i meant i just can't see the point of doing this when scientists could be curing cancer or something seemingly product...

~ Cookesland

Thoes things creep me the hell out who does that to their kid?

"Its natural for dad to take me out on dates" *shudder*

It ain't natural in my family, and I grew up in rural Louisiana--insert incest joke here.

what did everyone get tired of trying to cure cancer?

But how will we know how to measure out exactly one kiligram of cure without our marvelous superballs?

I can see the advertising now:

"Ever wondered what it's like to have a perfect pair of balls? Find out now!"

Some balls are held for charity, some for fancy dress, but balls held for pleasure, are the balls I love best.:cool:

Well I'm upper upper class high society
God's gift to ballroom notoriety
And I always fill my ballroom
The event is never small
The social pages say I've got
The biggest balls of all

Thoes things creep me the hell out who does that to their kid?

"Its natural for dad to take me out on dates" *shudder*

A desire on the part of either parent to have a purity ball for their child should be grounds for annulment.

A desire on the part of either parent to have a purity ball for their child should be grounds for annulment.

And if both the creeps can have eachother and the kids get taken, it is obvious that they would be better off

In Soviet Russia the perfect balls grind you!

I wish I could feel those balls... :p