What's the Most Desirable Man-Made Object?

[Matt Harper]

[lauda]

Matt Harper said:

Is it Scampi 'n' Lemon or Nice 'n' Spicy? Because it matters.

[GOG440]

poing said:

Technically this one had a little help from a woman too but lets not quibble.

Gorgeous but I dont know who she is


http://louwmanmuseum.nl/Ontdekken/Ontdek-de-collec...

[Quhet]

StevieBee said:

I'm told by those that know about such things that this would fall into such a category. It's the world's roundest object. If it were scaled up to the size of the sun, the distance between the highest and lowest peak would be 14mm!!!



It is apparently being used to define weights to unprecedented levels that will have hugely significant use in future space travel and other more early benefits.

I'd love to hold that. Not sure what it is about it but it's massively desirable to me!

[Pickled]

Quhet said:

StevieBee said:

I'm told by those that know about such things that this would fall into such a category. It's the world's roundest object. If it were scaled up to the size of the sun, the distance between the highest and lowest peak would be 14mm!!!



It is apparently being used to define weights to unprecedented levels that will have hugely significant use in future space travel and other more early benefits.

I'd love to hold that. Not sure what it is about it but it's massively desirable to me!

Lump of pure silicon, they are counting the atoms in it to define the kilo, as the master kilo is losing mass. Hand finished by some Australian bloke as he can feel the differences in the surface at the molecular level. Theres a programme on iplayer about it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02xgf5d/prec...

[pidsy]

kwaka jack said:

Nezquick said:

kwaka jack said:

That's fantastic.

I'd like to think a Euromillions win would buy that but I think I'd still be a fair few mil short!

You might have enough to buy a door handle and a set of curtains for one with a euro million win lol. Average fuel cost for the year is £400,000 lol docking fees I'd hate to think.

Looks like Nirvana. Been for sale for a year or so and had a nice price drop of €30m.
A bargain now at €199m
You'd need 3 or 4 euro wins to get into that life.

Give me the Maltese Falcon all day long:

[kwaka jack]

turboslippers said:

kwaka jack said:

Google showed it up in no.12 in the world of super yaughts by length.

Well you know I didn't want to be labeled a snob by going for number 1 in length lol

[audikentman]

Mark A S said:

Gets my vote too

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Edited by audikentman on Friday 28th August 20:54

[poing]

GOG440 said:

poing said:

Technically this one had a little help from a woman too but lets not quibble.

Gorgeous but I dont know who she is

Does it matter?

If it helps, she's my future ex-wife.

[StuTheGrouch]

[poing]

StuTheGrouch said:

The moon isn't man-made.

[The Nur]

poing said:

StuTheGrouch said:

The moon isn't man-made.

That ain't no moon...

[Luke Warm]

3,000 years old.

[Taita]

Not many of these around!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram#Internation...

Or the spherical (roundest things know to man apparently) replacements they're working on.

[iacabu]

Pickled said:

Quhet said:

StevieBee said:

I'm told by those that know about such things that this would fall into such a category. It's the world's roundest object. If it were scaled up to the size of the sun, the distance between the highest and lowest peak would be 14mm!!!



It is apparently being used to define weights to unprecedented levels that will have hugely significant use in future space travel and other more early benefits.

I'd love to hold that. Not sure what it is about it but it's massively desirable to me!

Lump of pure silicon, they are counting the atoms in it to define the kilo, as the master kilo is losing mass. Hand finished by some Australian bloke as he can feel the differences in the surface at the molecular level. Theres a programme on iplayer about it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b02xgf5d/prec...

Actually, if it were the size of the Earth, the highest mountain and the lowest valley would be 14m apart.

See Veratasium's video (the guy in the reflection)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMByI4s-D-Y

€1,000,000 in raw materials!!

[Andy_mr2sc]

PurpleMoonlight said:

Must agree here. The most stunning motorbike ever. Obviously I'm not at all biased having owned one!!

[Nimby]

Pickled said:

... as the master kilo is losing mass.

No, it's still exactly 1kg - by definition. That's the problem.

[Tango13]

Andy_mr2sc said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

Must agree here. The most stunning motorbike ever. Obviously I'm not at all biased having owned one!!

Conveniently forgetting that Ducati copied the styling from Honda...

[MrBig]

This is a great thread.

This is a great answer:

poing said:

Technically this one had a little help from a woman too but lets not quibble.

But I'm struggling.

There are cars: Dodge Charger 440RT, Mercedes 300SL or Lamborghini Murcielago SV

Watches, boats, planes, guns etc. I could name several of each, but I suspect my final answer would be a property somewhere on the West Coast of the USA with a stunning garage, heliport, epic views, moorings for the boat and a spectacular infinity pool....

[Andy_mr2sc]

Tango13 said:

Andy_mr2sc said:

PurpleMoonlight said:

Must agree here. The most stunning motorbike ever. Obviously I'm not at all biased having owned one!!

Conveniently forgetting that Ducati copied the styling from Honda...

I'm not slating Hondas; they're great bikes but NONE of them look ANYTHING like a 916.