[digger945]

The combined weight of all ants is greater than the combined weight of all humans.
Ant brains are the largest amongst insects. Mushroom shaped brain appendages have function similar to the gray-matter of human brains.
It has been estimated that an ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer.
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Very cool pic, where can I get pics like that?

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by digger945 /img/forum/go_quote.gif The combined weight of all ants is greater than the combined weight of all humans. Ant brains are the largest amongst insects. Mushroom shaped brain appendages have function similar to the gray-matter of human brains. It has been estimated that an ant's brain may have the same processing power as a Macintosh II computer. Copied from Here.

excellent factlets!
i want to be an ant in my next life. maybe the one after that, too.

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Very cool pic, where can I get pics like that?

space.

 

[fatcat28037]

I think I see my cousin.

 

[balderon]

What a cool image! I heard the estimate of attendees was ~1 million. Does anyone know of a more accurate estimate? I am reminded of the ariel pictures of Woodstock '69. Smaller attendance at ~500 million. Check out the Aerial View. I didn't not attend either.

 

[MASantos]

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Originally Posted by Nocturnal310 /img/forum/go_quote.gif i see homo sapiens!..wheres my laser gun? .. oh man..this is ridiculous.. what drives these people?

Dude, the 2nd and 3rd lines do not belong to this thread or to head-fi since politics are not allowed in the forums...


That said, great photo, what time was it taken?

 

[robm321]

Two things come to mind:

Wow, the unemployment rate is way up

And

Where were the bathrooms

 

[Zorander]

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Originally Posted by robm321 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where were the bathrooms

Why bother looking?

 

[VicAjax]

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Originally Posted by balderon /img/forum/go_quote.gif What a cool image! I heard the estimate of attendees was ~1 million. Does anyone know of a more accurate estimate? I am reminded of the ariel pictures of Woodstock '69. Smaller attendance at ~500 million. Check out the Aerial View. I didn't not attend either.

estimates have been anywhere from "more than a million" to "1.8 million." there also were a lot (and i mean a lot) of people turned away.

basically, estimating crowds is at best an inexact science, at worst a joke.

 

[analogbox]

Makes me realize how small we are in this universe.

 

[troymadison]

it's a swarm

 

[Ishcabible]

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Originally Posted by ecclesand /img/forum/go_quote.gif Where's Waldo?

Found him!

 

[balderon]

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Originally Posted by VicAjax /img/forum/go_quote.gif estimates have been anywhere from "more than a million" to "1.8 million." there also were a lot (and i mean a lot) of people turned away.

CNN reported there were more than 8000 people with valid tickets turned away when the gates were closed at 11:30. It was mentioned the promoters "overbooked" the reservations.... just like the airlines do.

 

[Mrvile]

Ha, ants? More like magnetic filings. Nice

 

[scompton]

I wonder exactly when the picture was taken.

TheRobbStory, do you live within walking distance. We didn't go because my wife has disabilities that would make the crowds on Metro hard.

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Originally Posted by robm321 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Two things come to mind: Wow, the unemployment rate is way up And Where were the bathrooms

Before hand, they were saying that it was going to be 1 porta potty for every 8000 people. Even if that was for the worst case of 4.5 million people, it still not a good ratio with 1 million people. And they were saying BYOTP, bring your own toilet paper. They were anticipating running out.

 

[gorlen]

wow, that is impressive. CNN says the crowd left more than 100 tons of garbages on site.