Spooky Astro Theory
Jason Cobill
So, I'm reading through "The Physics of Star Trek", written bu
Mister Krauss, and he goes on to explain the black hole phenomenon and how
star trek was astoundingly psychic in describing them very well a few
months before they were even discovered.
Well, this isn't the spooky part.
I won't go on to explain black holes in this post, you can mail me
and I'll tell you all about them.
But as it turns out, the amount of matter in our universe,
distributed about at the density of any average section of our universe,
is just about right to make one whopping huge black hole.
Scientists right now are discussing and debating (This from
another source, not the book) the possibility that we may be living inside
a big event horizon shell. That also seems to explain why there appear to
be stars beyond the edge of where the edge of the universe should be...
they're just reflctions in the event horizon.
As if that wasn't spooky enough, I think just the fact that as
human beings we can calculate the mean density of any section of space and
roughly figure out the size of the universe is a feat in itself worthy of
considerable awe. :)
-Jay
(Astrogeek)
--
"A little nonsense now and then, Jason Cobill
is relished by the wisest men." aq...@freenet.carleton.ca
- Willy Wonka :) :) :) :) :)
Terri Kimiko Oda
Speaking of spooky... I hadn't heard the theory that we're al living in a
black hole (We all live in a big black hole...) but we were discussing
exactly that at the campfire the other night.
Conversations going in circles
-> Terri (who thinks fads that involve spelling your name with an 'i' are
silli ;) )
--
"It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so
they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll
just wait for the next version to come out -- something more 'user friendly.'
- Douglas Coupland, _Microserfs_
Jason Cobill
Terri Kimiko Oda (as...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> Speaking of spooky... I hadn't heard the theory that we're al living in a
> black hole (We all live in a big black hole...) but we were discussing
> exactly that at the campfire the other night.
>
> Conversations going in circles
Ooooooh.. Terri is psychically linked to my NCF postings. :)
I should make postings about baking cookies for people with
beards... :)
> -> Terri (who thinks fads that involve spelling your name with an 'i' are
> silli ;) )
I can't. None of them sound right. Jayi? Jasi? Jasoni?
I can stick it on the end, and if people could just aknowledge
it's presence without pronoucning it...
-Jay(i)
Jane A. Dryden
Jason Cobill (aq...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> Terri Kimiko Oda (as...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
>> -> Terri (who thinks fads that involve spelling your name with an 'i' are
>> silli ;) )
>
> I can't. None of them sound right. Jayi? Jasi? Jasoni?
> I can stick it on the end, and if people could just aknowledge
> it's presence without pronoucning it...
*silly*... it's Jai. Or, hey, how about Ji? Or I? ii? (jane's logic:
y = i and j = y [i.e., Jugoslavia/Yugoslavia).
...jane...
(or, possibly... iani... if
that's not to reminiscnent of
mr. clysdale...)
--
jane a. dryden. "pseudogoth hippy artsy freak celt" or whatever label you
want to affix "...but little alpine firs at 7 a.m. don't care about such
things... they just exude dew." [Jack Kerouac] @}----`----,-----
http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~aq238 aq...@freenet.carleton.ca
Ian Clysdale
Jane A. Dryden (aq...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> ...jane...
>
> (or, possibly... iani... if
> that's not to reminiscnent of
> mr. clysdale)
Believe me Jane, just about *anything* is too reminiscent of me. Most
people spend their lives shuddering at the very thought of my existence,
hiding in their rooms and trying to deny my reality. They don't *need*
you to remind them of me.
Evil woman.
ian
--
ian clysdale (yore kontrol freek) / "what? you get off laughing at my
icly...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca \ serious plight? my bereft of andrew
fnord / eldritchness? horror!" - frances
Greg Marshall
Jason Cobill (aq...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
> Terri Kimiko Oda (as...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) writes:
>> -> Terri (who thinks fads that involve spelling your name with an 'i' are
>> silli ;) )
> I can't. None of them sound right. Jayi? Jasi? Jasoni?
> I can stick it on the end, and if people could just aknowledge
> it's presence without pronoucning it...
> -Jay(i)
Whatever Jai...
Gregori
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They're dead, they're all messed up.
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