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Posted to marketing@openoffice.apache.org by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> on 2013/03/01 15:13:59 UTC
Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
I'll hold the post until them.
If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me know.
-Rob
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The thickness of a CD is 1.2mm. If 40 million CDs are stacked one over the
> other, it will reach a height of 48KM ( 1.2 mm x 40000000 / 1000 ) in
> meter. It will be taller than the tallest mount Everest by 4 times. This is
That is a good one, thanks. I'll add it to the post.
-Rob
> close to highest altitude achieved by a jet plane. ( Kindly recheck the
> calculation )
>
> With Warm Regards
>
> V.Kadal Amutham
> 919444360480
> 914422396480
>
>
> On 1 March 2013 19:43, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
>>
>> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
>> I'll hold the post until them.
>>
>> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me
>> know.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com>.
The thickness of a CD is 1.2mm. If 40 million CDs are stacked one over the
other, it will reach a height of 48KM ( 1.2 mm x 40000000 / 1000 ) in
meter. It will be taller than the tallest mount Everest by 4 times. This is
close to highest altitude achieved by a jet plane. ( Kindly recheck the
calculation )
With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480
914422396480
On 1 March 2013 19:43, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
>
> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
> I'll hold the post until them.
>
> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me
> know.
>
> -Rob
>
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Donald Whytock <dw...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
>
> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
> I'll hold the post until them.
>
> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me know.
>
> -Rob
"imagine, With" -> "imagine. With"
consistency on commas in numbers
"CD's" -> "CDs"
"Felix Baumgartner record-breaking" -> "Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking"
or perhaps "the Felix Baumgartner record-breaking"
Don
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org>.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> Rob Weir wrote:
>>
>>
>> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
>> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
>> I'll hold the post until them.
>> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me
>> know.
>
>
> Nice post. I would link all claims to a source, like linking "4575 km" to
> the Google maps page with directions from Lisbon to Moscow.
>
> A few typos and suggested improvements:
> - "Mllion" (missing "i") in the title
> - "placed side-by-side, would 4800 km".
> - "Los Angles"
> - Australia doesn't seem quite right.
> https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
> talks about a coastline of 25,000+ Km (not a circumference, but still: if we
> claim a fact it's good to link to a source to avoid that people using
> different sources have different results).
>
Good catch. I missed a zero.
-Rob
> Regards,
> Andrea.
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Rob Weir wrote:
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
> I'll hold the post until them.
> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me know.
Nice post. I would link all claims to a source, like linking "4575 km"
to the Google maps page with directions from Lisbon to Moscow.
A few typos and suggested improvements:
- "Mllion" (missing "i") in the title
- "placed side-by-side, would 4800 km".
- "Los Angles"
- Australia doesn't seem quite right.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
talks about a coastline of 25,000+ Km (not a circumference, but still:
if we claim a fact it's good to link to a source to avoid that people
using different sources have different results).
Regards,
Andrea.
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Kadal Amutham <vk...@gmail.com>.
The thickness of a CD is 1.2mm. If 40 million CDs are stacked one over the
other, it will reach a height of 48KM ( 1.2 mm x 40000000 / 1000 ) in
meter. It will be taller than the tallest mount Everest by 4 times. This is
close to highest altitude achieved by a jet plane. ( Kindly recheck the
calculation )
With Warm Regards
V.Kadal Amutham
919444360480
914422396480
On 1 March 2013 19:43, Rob Weir <ro...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
>
> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
> I'll hold the post until them.
>
> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me
> know.
>
> -Rob
>
Re: Draft blog post: Istanbul to Islamabad
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Rob Weir wrote:
> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_40_mllion_downloads
> We're at 39,695,540 right now, so we should hit 40m before Monday.
> I'll hold the post until them.
> If anyone has any other good analogies or visualizations of 40m let me know.
Nice post. I would link all claims to a source, like linking "4575 km"
to the Google maps page with directions from Lisbon to Moscow.
A few typos and suggested improvements:
- "Mllion" (missing "i") in the title
- "placed side-by-side, would 4800 km".
- "Los Angles"
- Australia doesn't seem quite right.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
talks about a coastline of 25,000+ Km (not a circumference, but still:
if we claim a fact it's good to link to a source to avoid that people
using different sources have different results).
Regards,
Andrea.