very nice, however "today" always remains one pixel in width, which kinda breaks the comparison on larger time frames. I would also maybe add another step, like this decade. still really nice!
Was he supposed to use half a pixel?
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#73What I find funny, is how the visualization of scale on a pixel based screen is inherently limiting.
At a certain point, you want to represent today as a scale of everything else...but at certain point, the line for today would definitely be smaller than a single pixel.
Just a thought, obviously this is not practical by any measure.
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Life on earth started 3.6 billions (3500M) years ago.
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#75very nice, however "today" always remains one pixel in width, which kinda breaks the comparison on larger time frames. I would also maybe add another step, like this decade. still really nice!
Was he supposed to use half a pixel?
The appropriate trick here would be to change the point of reference each time you zoom out. At the millennium scale, the point of reference might become this year. At the epoch scale, the point of reference might become the millennium.
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#77It does not work on Safari Version 6.0.4 (8536.29.13)
Works for me. Same browser.
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#78.. and here is us, destroying millions of years life, in what is a split of a second in comparison. We are undertaking the greatest mass extinction of all times.
99.99%+ of all life form that have ever existed on Earth are extinct. And it isn't because of Humans.
Think about that for a second: The universe is--gasp--actively trying to 'kill' life.
For us to undertake the greatest mass extinction of all times (that is to say, rival or exceed mass extinction caused by natural causes itself on Earth), we'd have to destroy at least--at least--another 10,000 Earth-like planets, each one replete with life as Earth is currently.
I would love to see Humans possess such amazing technological prowess one day[0], but alas, that will not be today, tomorrow, nor even this century.
[0] Wanting to see possession of technological capabilities does not imply I want to see future Humans use it to destroy extra-terrestrial planetary life.
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#79today is always "1px wide" so it doesnt give a good sense of proportions ...
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#80I'd love to have the day/month and day/month/year views as a calendar. Some kind of Geek Tool thing, perhaps?