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Happy Monkey · 01-31-2019, 01:30 PM

1 million cubic meters of displacement would add less than three millionths of a millimeter, if I did my calculations right.

I then looked up total displacement of ships, only to find that XKCD already did the calculation. Using his estimate of 2.15 billion cubic meters of displacement, I come out to 0.006 mm, which matches his result.

01-31-2019, 01:30 PM	#2
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	1 million cubic meters of displacement would add less than three millionths of a millimeter, if I did my calculations right. I then looked up total displacement of ships, only to find that XKCD already did the calculation. Using his estimate of 2.15 billion cubic meters of displacement, I come out to 0.006 mm, which matches his result. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]