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The next time you address a package to someone, err on the side of caution and append "Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Gould Belt,
by kibwen 3y ago
The next time you address a package to someone, err on the side of caution and append "Earth, Solar System, Local Interstellar Cloud, Local Bubble, Gould Belt, Orion Arm, Milky Way, Milky Way Subgroup, Local Group, Local Sheet, Virgo Supercluster, Laniakea Supercluster, KBC Void, Observable Universe, Universe", to help the package carrier disambiguate.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- kunwon1 3y agoWe're going to run out of address space, time to migrate to zip code v6
- atonse 3y agoWill the 128 bits be enough to address all atoms in all universes?
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoYes, in all 2 universes.
- stvltvs 3y agoLooks like we'll need to upgrade to 512-bit addresses to be on the safe side. https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=log2%2810%5E80%29 https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=log2%2810%5E80%29 https://www.thoughtco.com/number-of-atoms-in-the-universe-603795 https://www.thoughtco.com/number-of-atoms-in-the-universe-60...
- m3kw9 3y agoWe just need (universe)UPS coordinates.
- jamesgreenleaf 3y agoYou don't have to specify "Multiverse" on the end, because your package will be automatically delivered to all of them.
- choeger 3y agoExcept the weird one. You know, the one with the glitch.
- sydbarrett74 3y agoThanks for the suggestion, Dedalus. :D
- ckozlowski 3y agoThe Lagunitas Brewing Company features this on their sign for their Petaluma brewery in fact. Though, it stops at "Virgo Supercluster".
- choeger 3y agoAlot of "locals". This will get awkward when we talk to species from a different Bubble, Group, or Sheet.
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoWait, you named your sheet the Local Sheet too? We should be friends!
- kibwen 3y agoIt'll work fine as long as the babelfish understand not to transliterate place names. Human history is chock full of this: "Istanbul" just means "within the city", "Zhongguo" (China) just means "the land in the middle", "Ohio" and "Mississippi" are just two different ways of saying "the big river".
- its_ethan 3y agoThis reads like a hitchhikers guide bit lol I love it