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Assumption #1) the graph is drawn on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of ordinary paper in landscape orientation.
 
Assumption #1) the graph is drawn on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of ordinary paper in landscape orientation.
 
 
Assumption #2) the graph is drawn in normal (linear) scale.
 
Assumption #2) the graph is drawn in normal (linear) scale.
 
 
Assumption #3) Cueball is 6 feet tall.
 
Assumption #3) Cueball is 6 feet tall.
  
 
Trusting MSPaint with the conversions, I read the first four bars to have about 5 units (megajoules per kg) per pixel. 76 million units divided by 5 units per pixel is a 15.2 million pixel tall bar.
 
Trusting MSPaint with the conversions, I read the first four bars to have about 5 units (megajoules per kg) per pixel. 76 million units divided by 5 units per pixel is a 15.2 million pixel tall bar.
 
 
Looking again to MSPaint, I read the 8.5" dimension of the paper to be about 193 pixels. 15.2 million pixels of graph bar divided by 193 pixels per page is 78756 pages.
 
Looking again to MSPaint, I read the 8.5" dimension of the paper to be about 193 pixels. 15.2 million pixels of graph bar divided by 193 pixels per page is 78756 pages.
 
 
Looking above, I read that 100 pages is 1cm, so our stack is going to be 787.56cm tall.
 
Looking above, I read that 100 pages is 1cm, so our stack is going to be 787.56cm tall.
 
 
On this side of the pond, that's 310 inches, or about 25 feet.
 
On this side of the pond, that's 310 inches, or about 25 feet.
  
 
So, the stack Cueball is looking at is too short to house an accurately long enough bar....
 
So, the stack Cueball is looking at is too short to house an accurately long enough bar....
 
  
 
...IF the stack's footprint's longer dimension is only 8.5 inches. While the original graph paper appears to be 8.5x11, the ribbon of paper continuing the bar does not appear to be segmented. Again looking at MSPaint, it would seem the ribbon is about 4.75" wide. The stack is clearly much longer than it is wide. If the stack is 30" long and 4.75" wide, the stack would be whittled down to just over 6 feet tall.
 
...IF the stack's footprint's longer dimension is only 8.5 inches. While the original graph paper appears to be 8.5x11, the ribbon of paper continuing the bar does not appear to be segmented. Again looking at MSPaint, it would seem the ribbon is about 4.75" wide. The stack is clearly much longer than it is wide. If the stack is 30" long and 4.75" wide, the stack would be whittled down to just over 6 feet tall.

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