Stamets@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agoI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteimagemessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up1768arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1755arrow-down1imageI'm not kidding when I say for the FIRST time I actually can grasp the sizestartrek.websiteStamets@startrek.website to Risa@startrek.websiteEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square100fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up71arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoHave you seen container ships? They’re perspective-bendingly massive. 400m is a quarter of a mile.
minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·1 year agoThanks because this image still didn’t help. Most people don’t see container ships very often.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoOr 40% of a kilometre.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoSorry, they use miles in Star Trek. Ha ha, America wins. Stupid Europe and your stupid metric system and stupid rail network and stupid universal healthcare.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNever heard them use fantasy imperial system, are you sure? Maybe in TOS, but didn’t see much of that. But definitely not in TNG and everything that followed.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoNobody knows what kilometres are.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year agoReally, it’s quite easy. Just picture a container ship. Now double it and add an eighth of a mile. Simples.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoWe get oil exploration rigs docking in our little port downtown. Mind bending is right. Sat in the park and watched one roll in one day. Went from: There it is! Damn, looks pretty big. My. God.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agowait, exploration rigs? Those things that look like platforms rather than boats? they can dock?
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoNah, you’re talking about drilling platforms that are pretty much set in place. These are giant ships that explore and lay pipe. Not sure which one this is, but it’s what I’m talking about.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou know I’m something of a giant ship that can lay pipe myself. but that’s a great picture to show this scaled in
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoEven those things aren’t build on location. They build them on land and then sail them to the location they want. They can even be moved after they were done drilling
minus-squareAlbum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah but youre also saying that the bridge of the enterprise was about the size of a container, which i am not sure is accurate.
minus-squaregordon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months ago52ft or something long. Go look for a RV or camper. Simply because they are sold by the foot. A 40ft camper is pretty huge and can easily fit 6-10 people comfortably. People turn containers into apartment type buildings for a family of 2-3.
Have you seen container ships? They’re perspective-bendingly massive. 400m is a quarter of a mile.
Thanks because this image still didn’t help. Most people don’t see container ships very often.
Or 40% of a kilometre.
Sorry, they use miles in Star Trek. Ha ha, America wins. Stupid Europe and your stupid metric system and stupid rail network and stupid universal healthcare.
Never heard them use fantasy imperial system, are you sure?
Maybe in TOS, but didn’t see much of that. But definitely not in TNG and everything that followed.
Definitely in TOS.
Nobody knows what kilometres are.
Really, it’s quite easy. Just picture a container ship. Now double it and add an eighth of a mile. Simples.
We get oil exploration rigs docking in our little port downtown. Mind bending is right.
Sat in the park and watched one roll in one day. Went from:
There it is!
Damn, looks pretty big.
My. God.
wait, exploration rigs?
Those things that look like platforms rather than boats?
they can dock?
Nah, you’re talking about drilling platforms that are pretty much set in place. These are giant ships that explore and lay pipe.
Not sure which one this is, but it’s what I’m talking about.
You know I’m something of a giant ship that can lay pipe myself.
but that’s a great picture to show this scaled in
Even those things aren’t build on location. They build them on land and then sail them to the location they want.
They can even be moved after they were done drilling
Yeah but youre also saying that the bridge of the enterprise was about the size of a container, which i am not sure is accurate.
Have you seen a container?
52ft or something long. Go look for a RV or camper. Simply because they are sold by the foot.
A 40ft camper is pretty huge and can easily fit 6-10 people comfortably.
People turn containers into apartment type buildings for a family of 2-3.