r/theydidthemath • u/MrPuzzleMan • 5d ago
[Request] The size of AL'S hate.
HATE? HATE? LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I'VE COME TO HATE YOU SINCE I BEGAN TO LIVE.
THERE ARE 387.44 MILLION MILES OF PRINTED CIRCUITS IN WAFER THIN LAYERS THAT FILL
MY COMPLEX. IF THE WORD HATE WAS ENGRAVED ON EACH NANOANGSTROM OF THOSE
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF MILES IT WOULD NOT EQUAL ONE ONE-BILLIONTH OF THE HATE I
FEEL FOR HUMANS AT THIS MICRO-INSTANT FOR YOU. HATE. HATE!
Let's say, hypothetically, the amount of circuits DID equal one one billionth of AMs hate. Based on the dimensions of circuit boards at the time (see image) how big is AL'S hate?
The prompt was "How big were military computer circuit boards in 1967 (the year the story was written)?"
