universe in a box
Created on: July 14th, 2007
universe in a box
every dot you see in this image is a known galaxy, the view is centered on our galaxy, the milkyway

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July 15th, 2007
(5)
What's that cursor-looking thingy represent, then?
July 15th, 2007
(120)
the U.S.S. Enterprise
July 15th, 2007
(5)
+5 for reply
July 15th, 2007
(4)
5d for isonoe's comment.
(32)
one. cut a hole in a box. two. put your universe in that box. three. make her open the box.
July 15th, 2007
(1)
Rofl@previous comments Cool YTMND. I'll 5 it
July 15th, 2007
(0)
There certainly are alot of galaxies aren't there
July 15th, 2007
(5)
i counted, theres 7,894,602,179,420 dots!
July 15th, 2007
(5)
whats outside of the box?
(2)
It is green.
July 15th, 2007
(5)
Anything with Boards of Canada in it gets an insta-five.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
that comment = 5!
July 15th, 2007
(1)
pffft. scientists are f*cking idiots if they think they can put the universe in a box
July 15th, 2007
(0)
nice reply +'d
July 15th, 2007
(0)
5'd for isonoe
July 15th, 2007
(0)
big box
July 15th, 2007
(0)
F*ck, Mikey beat me to it
(0)
Isonoe's comment for the epic win
July 16th, 2007
(0)
lol +100
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Oh man, a +100
July 16th, 2007
(0)
yeah 5 for comment.
August 16th, 2007
(0)
yay 120th [+]
July 15th, 2007
(0)
A small quadrant in a grander hypersphere.
July 15th, 2007
(5)
PROVE IT
(1)
*Displays A Pie Chart* Theres your proof
July 18th, 2007
(2)
I'm satisfied.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
reminds me of 80's arcade games
July 15th, 2007
(11)
OMG FUTURAMA WAS RIGHT!
July 15th, 2007
(6)
So we're in universe A, right?
July 15th, 2007
(8)
I dunno. This universe kinda feels like a B, ya know?
July 15th, 2007
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Universe Fighting Mongooses.
(0)
THATS RIGHT THIS BOX CONTAINS OUR OWN UNIVERSE!
July 15th, 2007
(7)
its my dick in a box in a universe in a box.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I am pissed, that's what I thought as soon as I saw this.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
the universe is not inside a giant box... are you mad?
July 15th, 2007
(2)
2 for 80's computer imaging + 3 for boards of canada
July 15th, 2007
(0)
For some reason, the combination of the music and the picture freak me out
July 15th, 2007
(8)
that's one dirty vacuum cleaner bag. there's even a mouse inside!
July 15th, 2007
(5)
It goes on forever and... oh my god... its full of stars!
July 15th, 2007
(-2)
Something wonderful happened today!
July 15th, 2007
(-4)
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boards of canada suck my ass
July 15th, 2007
(0)
RAWR!
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I keep seeing ballerinas in it..
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I tried the Starry Night demo once, and I ended up liking Celestia better. I normally don't shill things (I don't want to sound like another Firefox fan) but Celestia (celestia.sourceforge.net) is free, and great once you figure out ITS interface and shortcut buttons.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I use Starry Night Pro as well.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I use a "free" version of course.
July 15th, 2007
(1)
And it's mine.... all mine.... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!
July 15th, 2007
(1)
We're talking about UNIVERSAL ARMAGEDDON
July 15th, 2007
(0)
DUN DUN DUN DUN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 15th, 2007
(-1)
...Sober up the votes, please
July 15th, 2007
(2)
Definitely one of BoC's best songs. Also, 5.
(0)
The cursor is the sun?
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Wheres Poland?
July 15th, 2007
(2)
Forgotten.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
i think it'd be more enigmatic if the box were a tesseract.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
get your mouse outta that gif
July 15th, 2007
(3)
Alright, you can be crummy universe A. And we'll be universe 1!
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I want a "you are here" arrow
(0)
The arrow can not be displayed due to limitations of the pixel being the smallest point on a monitor
July 16th, 2007
(0)
...
(0)
said arrow would be a microscopic dot on another microscopic dot within a slightly less than microscopic dot.
(0)
INFINITE LOOP DETECTED
July 15th, 2007
(1)
OMG! I can see my house!
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Where's Poland?
July 15th, 2007
(0)
ftw
July 15th, 2007
(-1)
*waits for Dick in a Box spinoff ytmnd*
July 16th, 2007
(0)
box in a dick
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Is it just me, or is there conical symmetry on either side, and our good ol' milky is at at the center of it all?
July 15th, 2007
(1)
we only see what is around us, therefore the known galaxy creates a sphere (or box) of what we have discovered
July 15th, 2007
(0)
*galaxies
(0)
Dammit, you forgot to show the monoliths!
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needs more foot doctor
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I was actually just thinking of getting one of the Starry Night programs. Do you recommend it?
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Wrong BoC, f*ggot. Use Astronomy as the song.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Hell yeah
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I can see my house from here!
July 15th, 2007
(0)
5'd your information.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
naw only the ones that go "bap bap bap bap bap bap"
July 15th, 2007
(1)
this made me harder than that one time when Blues Clues came on
July 15th, 2007
(0)
lol whoever captured it left teh cursor in the middle, word on boards of canada
July 15th, 2007
(0)
five for starry night pro
July 15th, 2007
(0)
5'd for your mouse cursor. P.S. I hope the universive is a cube. I doubt it though.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
OH SNAP i just saw your response to a cursor comment. FAV'D
July 15th, 2007
(-2)
hipster music = auto 5
July 15th, 2007
(0)
change to "known universe" and i'll 5 it.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
so what's outside the box? deedee-deedee-deedee-deedee
July 15th, 2007
(0)
5 for boards of canada
July 15th, 2007
(0)
recognized boards of canada right away. nice
July 15th, 2007
(0)
So uh, yay I guess? Nothing spectacular nor mindblowing.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
MY FAVORITE BOARDS SONG!! F*CK u just gave me goosebumps
July 16th, 2007
(1)
you're gay
July 15th, 2007
(0)
ohhhhh
July 15th, 2007
(0)
This actually, for some reason, entertains me. Neato. B
July 15th, 2007
(0)
brilliant
July 15th, 2007
(0)
I bet if sexymofo were still around he would 5 this...
July 15th, 2007
(0)
yesss, my favorite boc track.
July 15th, 2007
(-1)
wow, dots!
July 16th, 2007
(3)
Who's agitating my dots?
July 16th, 2007
(0)
lol pointcloud
July 15th, 2007
(0)
[]_[]-b Check out http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/press/ Remember, it's a simulation, not known data like yours, but it's far far far larger.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
i remember this from the chalkboard in third grade
July 15th, 2007
(0)
It goes on forever. So technically, right now, since it goes on forever, there is another galaxy called the milky way in which there is a planet earth on which there is a young man typing these very words. Mind = blown.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I think you left out a sentence or two, because that makes absolutely no sense, not even in the trippy way.
July 15th, 2007
(0)
the universe cannot be described. 5 for PICKLES
July 15th, 2007
(0)
Whoa, what's that arrow doing in that box.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I wish spore were out.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I thought this represented the internet and each dot was an idiot...
July 16th, 2007
(0)
ass *ss ass ass
July 16th, 2007
(0)
you should've then gone in to a galaxy and so forth to make it seem more epic
July 16th, 2007
(0)
false
(0)
yeah how can we know this much about the galaxies around us if we can barely see past our own stars because of their brightness?
July 16th, 2007
(0)
yeah its probably completely false but its awesome to look at with that music. so 5
July 16th, 2007
(0)
This is not even taking into account that most of which we can see has died millions or billions of years ago. What is truly out there could be bigger then we could ever comprehend.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
It needs better sound... pick a track from either Delerium's Spheres I or Spheres II
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Nice mouse cursor.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
What I should of said was, "I can see your cursor from here."
July 16th, 2007
(0)
music is kinda too 'uhhhhhhhhhhhh what the hell' instead of cosmically delicious
(0)
Sorry bub, I think outside the box.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
It looks more like salt frozen in an ice cube, but 4 because it's somewhat interesting.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I'm living in a box...
July 16th, 2007
(-1)
5'd for BoC..... but you probably could of used a better song.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
cool ytmnd, but this shouldnt really be in the top 15.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
awesome
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I only fived for BoC.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
boards of canada for 5
July 16th, 2007
(0)
why isn't it expanding isonoe?
July 16th, 2007
(0)
cause the simulation was playing at normal time so it is too small to see
July 16th, 2007
(0)
very cool
July 16th, 2007
(0)
that's where i keep all my stuff
July 16th, 2007
(0)
If every dot is a galaxy, what is the cursor?
July 16th, 2007
(-1)
I should really read the comments before I comment.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
your grandma
July 16th, 2007
(1)
I can see my house from there.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
5'd
July 16th, 2007
(0)
There seems to be a divide in the middle, implying that the big bang was a bi-polar explosion.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
oh, wait, it just implies that our view is blocked by the rest of our galaxy
(0)
So does that mean that my dick is always in a box as long as I stay in this universe?
July 16th, 2007
(0)
you are here *
July 16th, 2007
(0)
-4 for not constantly expanding +4 for really cool -3 for not made by god +3 for not made by god.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
It's Over NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 16th, 2007
(0)
You want a universe in a box? Try Oblivion!
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I like how the formation of the known universe is being beaten in rating by multiple hermione dancing gifs.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
I'm not seeing what's impressive about this...
July 16th, 2007
(0)
i can see my house
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Starry Night Pro FTW! That software is bad ass.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Needs more GOD.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Might wanna recommend firefox in your info
July 16th, 2007
(0)
Teh
July 16th, 2007
(0)
whoa, mind f*ck.
July 16th, 2007
(0)
What's outside the box?
July 16th, 2007
(1)
Clearly a false statement. The universe cannot be in a box, because the universe contains everything by definition; therefore, there can be no box outside it to bound it. ;)
July 17th, 2007
(1)
The universe is vast and grand
July 18th, 2007
(1)
I think I saw a cat on a keyboard,.... and omg I am goin' diE!